Braddock Peak is a mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in State Forest State Park, south-southwest (bearing 201°) of Cameron Pass in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.
Mountain Braddock Peak lies east-northeast of Seven Utes Mountain, west of Snow Lake, and north of the boundary of Routt National Forest and the Never Summer Wilderness.
It is named after Dr. William A. Braddock (1929–2003), Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1958 to 1994. Dr. Braddock and his students geologically mapped over of the northern Front Range, including the summit named after him. He was the principal author of The Geologic Map of Rocky Mountain National Park. Following his retirement, Dr. Braddock taught the lay public about the geology in and around Rocky Mountain National Park.
Descriptions of hiking routes in this area that predate adoption of the Braddock Peak name refer to this summit as Point 11,960.
See also
List of Colorado mountain ranges List of Colorado mountain summits List of Colorado fourteeners List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits List of the most prominent summits of Colorado List of Colorado county high points
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