Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
Capitol Peak (Colorado)
| Capitol Peak | |
|---|---|
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Capitol_Peak_CO.jpg) Capitol Peak, from Capitol Lake | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14136.3 ft (4308.76 m)[1] NAPGD2022 |
| Prominence | 1750 ft (533 m)[2] |
| Isolation | 7.44 mi (11.98 km)[2] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 39°09′01″N 107°04′59″W / 39.1502596°N 107.0829396°W[3] |
| Geography | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:USA_Colorado_relief_location_map.svg)  Capitol Peak | |
| Location | Pitkin County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
| Parent range | Elk Mountains[2] |
| Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Capitol Peak, Colorado[3] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1909 by Percy Hagerman and Harold Clark[5] |
| Easiest route | Northeast Ridge: Climb, class 4[6] |
Capitol Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is the 52nd highest mountain in North America. The 14,136.3-foot (4,309 m) fourteener is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) east by south (bearing 104°) of the community of Redstone in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.[2][4][3]
- ^ Ahlgren, Kevin; Van Westrum, Derek; Shaw, Brian (April 2024). "Moving mountains: reevaluating the elevations of Colorado mountain summits using modern geodetic techniques". Journal of Geodesy. 98 29. doi:10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8.
- ^ a b c d "Capitol Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
- ^ a b c "Capitol Peak". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- ^ a b "Capitol Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ Walter R. Borneman; Lyndon J. Lampert (1989). A Climbing Guide To Colorado's Fourteeners (2 ed.). p. 145. ISBN 0-87108-751-0.
- ^ "Capitol Peak Routes". 14ers.com.
Previous Page Next Page
