Huron Peak is a mountain, a fourteener

Fourteener

In mountaineering terminology in the United States, a fourteener is a mountain that exceeds 14,000 feet above mean sea level. There are 547 fourteeners in the world. The importance of fourteeners is greatest in Colorado, which has the majority of such peaks in North America...

 in the U.S. state

U.S. state

A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...

 of Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

. It is located in the central Sawatch Range

Sawatch Range

The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....

, west of the Mount Belford

Mount Belford

Mount Belford is a mountain peak over fourteen thousand feet in elevation in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Collegiate Peaks, a group of mountains in the central Sawatch Range, just west of the Arkansas River in Chaffee County...

 group, in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness is a area located in central Colorado between Leadville and Buena Vista to the east and Aspen to the west and Crested Butte to the southwest. Most of the area is in the San Isabel and Gunnison National Forests, with a smaller area in the White River National Forest...

. It lies in Chaffee County

Chaffee County, Colorado

Chaffee County is one of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 16,242 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Salida.-History:...

, approximately 18 miles (29 km) northwest of the town of Buena Vista

Buena Vista, Colorado

Buena Vista is a Statutory Town in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The population was 2,195 at the 2000 census.Buena Vista is located in central Colorado roughly midway between Salida and Leadville in the Upper Arkansas River Valley at an elevation of . The area between Buena Vista and...

. While relatively close to its neighbor peaks, it is separated from them by deep col

Mountain pass

A mountain pass is a route through a mountain range or over a ridge. If following the lowest possible route, a pass is locally the highest point on that route...

s, resulting in a moderately high topographic prominence

Topographic prominence

In topography, prominence, also known as autonomous height, relative height, shoulder drop , or prime factor , categorizes the height of the mountain's or hill's summit by the elevation between it and the lowest contour line encircling it and no higher summit...

. Nearby to the south are the Three Apostles, a striking group of three thirteen thousand foot peaks.

See also

• List of Colorado fourteeners
• Mountain peaks of Colorado
  Mountain peaks of Colorado
  This article comprises three sortable tables of the major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado.Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface...
  
  
• Mountain ranges of Colorado
  Mountain ranges of Colorado
  The following table lists the major mountain ranges of the U.S. State of Colorado.-Mountain Ranges:-See also:*4000 meter peaks of Colorado*Colorado mountain passes*Geography of Colorado*Lists of mountains*Mountain peaks of Colorado...
  
  

External links

• "Huron Peak" 14ers.com.
• "Huron Peak" Peakery.com
• "Huron Peak" TopoQuest.
• Huron Peak Trail Review with Photos