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Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...

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Mountain Ranges

Mountain Ranges of the U.S. State of Colorado
Mountain Range Mountain range A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...			Highest Summit Summit (topography) In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...
primary	secondary	tertiary	summit name Summit (topography) In topography, a summit is a point on a surface that is higher in elevation than all points immediately adjacent to it. Mathematically, a summit is a local maximum in elevation...	elevation	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...	isolation Topographic isolation The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum horizontal distance to the nearest point of higher elevation. Topographic isolation represents a radius of dominance in which the summit is the highest point. Topographic isolation can be calculated for small hills and islands as well as for...
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....	Central Sawatch Range	Elbert Massif	Mount Elbert Mount Elbert Mount Elbert is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains of North America, at , the highest of the fourteeners in Colorado, and the high point of the Sawatch Range. It is located in Lake County, approximately southwest of Leadville...	14,440 feet 4401 m	9,093 feet 2772 m	670.6 miles 1079.2 km
		Massive Massif	Mount Massive Mount Massive Mount Massive is a fourteener in the Sawatch Range of the US State of Colorado. It is the second tallest peak in Colorado, edging out the third highest, Mount Harvard, by seven feet, and lower than Mount Elbert by . It is the third highest peak in the contiguous United States...	14,428 feet 4398 m	1,941 feet 592 m	5.1 miles 8.2 km
		Collegiate Peaks Collegiate Peaks The Collegiate Peaks is a name given to a section of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. The Collegiate Peaks include some of the highest mountains in the Rockies...	Mount Harvard Mount Harvard Mount Harvard is a fourteener in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the third highest mountain in Colorado, and also the fourth highest mountain in the Contiguous United States...	14,421 feet 4396 m	2,327 feet 709 m	14.9 miles 24.0 km
		Williams Mountains	Williams Mountains High Point	13,389 feet 4081 m	1,682 feet 513 m	3.7 miles 6.0 km
	Southern Sawatch Range		Mount Antero Mount Antero Mount Antero is the eleventh highest peak in Colorado, with an elevation of . Also known as Antero Peak, it is named for Chief Antero of the Uintah band of Utes. It is located in the central Sawatch Range in Chaffee County between the towns of Buena Vista and Salida...	14,276 feet 4351 m	2,503 feet 763 m	17.7 miles 28.6 km
	Southern Sawatch Range	Far Southern Sawatch Range	Mount Ouray Mount Ouray Mount Ouray is a peak located in the central part of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is 18 miles southwest of the town of Salida, in northern Saguache County, the northern base of the peak stretches into to southern Chaffee County. The peak makes up the southern tip of Sawatch Mountains...	13,961 feet 4255 m	2,659 feet 810 m	13.6 miles 21.9 km
	Northern Sawatch Range		Mount of the Holy Cross Mount of the Holy Cross Mount of the Holy Cross is the northernmost 14,000-foot mountain in the Sawatch Range, part of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado. It is located in the Holy Cross Wilderness near the ghost town of Holy Cross City and in Eagle County. It was named for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on the...	14,009 feet 4270 m	2,111 feet 643 m	18.5 miles 29.8 km
Sangre de Cristo Mountains Sangre de Cristo Mountains The Sangre de Cristo Mountains are the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains. They are located in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico in the United States...	Sierra Blanca		Blanca Peak Blanca Peak Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sierra Blanca Massif at the southern tip of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the U.S. State of Colorado. It is the fourth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains, and the eighth highest peak in the contiguous United States....	14,351 feet 4374 m	5,326 feet 1623 m	103.4 miles 166.4 km
	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range	Crestones Crestones The Crestones are a group of four 14,000 foot peaks in the Sangre de Cristo Range above Crestone, Colorado, comprising:Crestone Peak Crestone Needle *Kit Carson Mountain...	Crestone Peak Crestone Peak Crestone Peak is the seventh highest peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the second highest peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range after Blanca Peak. It rises in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness above the east side of the San Luis Valley along the boundary between Saguache and Custer counties,...	14,300 feet 4359 m	4,554 feet 1388 m	27.4 miles 44.1 km
	Northern Sangre de Cristo Range		Rito Alto Peak	13,800 feet 4206 m	1,134 feet 346 m	7.3 miles 11.7 km
	Culebra Range		Culebra Peak Culebra Peak Culebra Peak is the highest peak of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in the United States. It is the southernmost fourteener in Colorado. It is also the only fourteener on private land. Access is limited, and a fee is charged to climb the peak...	14,053 feet 4283 m	4,827 feet 1471 m	35.5 miles 57.1 km
	Culebra Range	Spanish Peaks Spanish Peaks The Spanish Peaks are a pair of volcanic mountains located in southwestern Huerfano County, Colorado. The Ute indians named them Huajatolla , meaning "two breasts". The Spanish name translates as "Breasts of the Earth". The two peaks, West Spanish Peak and East Spanish Peak, are the easternmost...	West Spanish Peak West Spanish Peak West Spanish Peak is a high mountain peak in the US state of Colorado. It is the higher of the two Spanish Peaks, two large igneous stocks which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains...	13,631 feet 4155 m	3,685 feet 1123 m	20.4 miles 32.9 km
	Wet Mountains Wet Mountains The Wet Mountains are a small range of mountains in southern Colorado named for the amount of snow they receive in the winter. There are three variant names of this range: Cuerno Verde, Greenhorn Mountains, and Sierra Mojadas...		Greenhorn Mountain Greenhorn mountain Greenhorn Mountain is the highest point in the Wet Mountains of southern Colorado and at elevation is just high enough to pass tree line which is about in this part of Colorado. The massive mountain can be seen from Pueblo and all along Interstate 25 rising 6,000 feet above the surrounding area...	12,352 feet 3765 m	3,777 feet 1151 m	26.4 miles 42.5 km
San Juan Mountains San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The area is highly mineralized and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and...	North Central San Juan Mountains		Uncompahgre Peak Uncompahgre Peak Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado and is the highest peak of the San Juan Mountains. It is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness in the northern San Juans, in northern Hinsdale County approximately 7 miles west of the town of Lake City.Uncompahgre...	14,321 feet 4365 m	4,277 feet 1304 m	85.1 miles 136.9 km
	San Miguel Mountains		Mount Wilson Mount Wilson (Colorado) Mount Wilson is a fourteen thousand foot mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness in Dolores County approximately 10 miles north of Rico and 10 miles southwest of Telluride. It is the highest peak in the San Miguel Mountains, a subrange of the San...	14,252 feet 4344 m	4,024 feet 1227 m	33.1 miles 53.2 km
	Sneffels Range Sneffels Range The Sneffels Range, regionally conterminous with San Juans, is the name of a young, prominent, rocky, range of mountains in southwestern Colorado of the San Juan Mountains. The Sneffels Range is often compared with the Grand Tetons because they both have a similar rugged appearance...		Mount Sneffels Mount Sneffels Mount Sneffels is a fourteen thousand foot mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of the northern San Juan Mountains, in Ouray County approximately 5 miles west of the town of Ouray. The summit of Mount Sneffels is the highest point in Ouray...	14,158 feet 4315 m	3,050 feet 930 m	15.7 miles 25.3 km
	Needle Mountains Needle Mountains (Colorado) The Needle Mountains are a subrange of the San Juan Mountains of the Rocky Mountains located in the southwestern part of the U.S. State of Colorado. Much of the range is protected in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest. The range is notable for having some of the most rugged...		Mount Eolus Mount Eolus Mount Eolus is a fourteener in the U.S. state of Colorado, the highest of the Needle Mountains . It is located in the Weminuche Wilderness in La Plata County approximately south of Silverton.Mount Eolus is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the others are Sunlight Peak and Windom...	14,089 feet 4294 m	2,183 feet 665 m	25.2 miles 40.5 km
		Grenadier Range	Vestal Peak	13,870 feet 4228 m	1,104 feet 336 m	4.3 miles 6.9 km
		West Needle Mountains	Twilight Peak Twilight Peak Twilight Peak is in the San Juan Mountains of western Colorado in the United States, south of Silverton. Twilight peak is in the West Needle Mountains, a sub-range of the San Juans. The standard approach is via a trail from Molas Pass to the north...	13,163 feet 4012 m	2,338 feet 713 m	4.9 miles 7.9 km
	La Garita Mountains La Garita Mountains During the Oligocene epoch, a series of caldera building eruptions of titanic proportions, some as large as VEI-8, devastated what is now Colorado and raised up the mountain chain, part of the San Juan Mountains. The La Garita supervolcano's mega-colossal eruption created 5000 km3 of tephra,...		San Luis Peak San Luis Peak San Luis Peak is a fourteen thousand foot peak in the San Juan Mountains of the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the La Garita Wilderness in Saguache County approximately north of Creede...	14,022 feet 4274 m	3,113 feet 949 m	27.0 miles 43.4 km
		Cochetopa Hills Cochetopa Hills The Cochetopa Hills are a ridge of uplands on the Continental Divide in southern Colorado. The ridge bridges the southern terminus of the Sawatch Range to the northern terminus of the La Garita Mountains. The Cochetopa Hills are characterized by rolling terrain with peaks between 11,000 and 12,000...	Long Branch Baldy	11,982 feet 3652 m	1,474 feet 449 m	13.7 miles 22.0 km
	East Central San Juan Mountains		Half Peak	13,848 feet 4221 m	1,481 feet 451 m	3.9 miles 6.3 km
	Southern San Juan Mountains		Summit Peak Summit Peak Summit Peak, elevation , sits on the Continental Divide in southern Colorado. The mountain is the highest point in the South San Juan Wilderness....	13,308 feet 4056 m	2,760 feet 841 m	39.9 miles 64.2 km
	La Plata Mountains La Plata Mountains The La Plata Mountains are a small subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of Colorado, United States. They are located on the border between Montezuma and La Plata counties, about northwest of Durango. Their name is Spanish for silver.The peaks of the range are easily visible...		Hesperus Mountain	13,232 feet 4033 m	2,832 feet 863 m	24.8 miles 39.9 km
Mosquito Range Mosquito Range The Mosquito Range is a high mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of central Colorado in the United States. The peaks of the range form a ridge running north-south for approximately 40 miles from southern Summit County on the north end, then along the boundary between Lake and Park counties...			Mount Lincoln Mount Lincoln (Colorado) Mount Lincoln is a fourteener in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is the eighth highest peak in the state, and the 11th highest in the contiguous United States. It is located in the Mosquito Range, just west of Hoosier Pass, and is the highest peak in that range...	14,293 feet 4357 m	3,862 feet 1177 m	22.6 miles 36.3 km
	Tenmile Range Tenmile Range The Tenmile Range is a mountain range in U.S. state of Colorado. The range is an extension of the Mosquito Range which is part of the Rocky Mountains. The two ranges are effectively the same range. They are split only by the Continental Divide and name. The Tenmile Range is on the west side of...		Quandary Peak Quandary Peak Quandary Peak is a fourteener in the US state of Colorado and the highest peak in the Tenmile Range, a northern extension of the Mosquito Range. It is the 12th, 13th, or 14th highest peak in Colorado, depending on how it is ranked. It has nearly the same elevation as Castle Peak and Mount Evans...	14,271 feet 4350 m	1,105 feet 337 m	3.2 miles 5.1 km
Front Range Front Range The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the north-central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encountered moving west along the 40th parallel north across...	Central Front Range		Grays Peak Grays Peak Grays Peak is the highest mountain in the Front Range of the Southern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. State of Colorado. It is one of 54 fourteeners in Colorado. Its nearest major city is Denver. The first man to ascend Grays Peak, botanist Charles C. Parry, named the peak for his botanist...	14,278 feet 4352 m	2,770 feet 844 m	25.0 miles 40.3 km
	Northern Front Range	Longs Peak Massif	Longs Peak Longs Peak Longs Peak is one of the 53 mountains with summits over 14,000 feet in Colorado. It can be prominently seen from Longmont, Colorado, as well as from the rest of the Colorado Front Range. It is named after Major Stephen Long, who explored the area in the 1820s...	14,259 feet 4346 m	2,940 feet 896 m	43.6 miles 70.2 km
		Mummy Range Mummy Range The Mummy Range is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northern Colorado in the United States. The range is a short subrange of the Front Range located in southwestern Larimer County northwest of the town of Estes Park...	Hagues Peak Hagues Peak Hagues Peak, elevation , is the highest summit of the Mummy Range of Rocky Mountain National Park in northern Colorado....	13,573 feet 4137 m	2,420 feet 738 m	15.9 miles 25.6 km
		Indian Peaks	North Arapaho Peak North Arapaho Peak North Arapaho Peak is a mountain on the Continental Divide in Colorado, one of the 637 peaks above in elevation in the state . It is located in the Indian Peaks area of the Front Range in Boulder County and Grand County, Colorado, within the Indian Peaks Wilderness Area of Arapaho and Roosevelt...	13,508 feet 4117 m	1,665 feet 507 m	15.4 miles 24.8 km
		Never Summer Mountains Never Summer Mountains The Never Summer Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado in the United States. The range is located along the northwest border of Rocky Mountain National Park, forming the continental divide between the headwaters of the Colorado River in Rocky Mountain...	Mount Richthofen Mount Richthofen Mount Richthofen is a mountain located on the north end of the Never Summer Mountains in Colorado. At 12,940 feet it is the highest mountain of the range. Richthofen rises on the North Western corner of Rocky Mountain National Park....	12,945 feet 3946 m	2,680 feet 817 m	9.7 miles 15.5 km
	Southern Front Range	Pikes Peak Massif	Pikes Peak Pikes Peak Pikes Peak is a mountain in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains, west of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in El Paso County in the United States of America....	14,115 feet 4302 m	5,530 feet 1686 m	60.8 miles 97.8 km
		South Williams Fork Mountains	Ptarmigan Peak	12,504 feet 3811 m	721 feet 220 m	4.3 miles 6.9 km
		Tarryall Mountains	Bison Peak	12,432 feet 3789 m	2,451 feet 747 m	19.1 miles 30.8 km
		Platte River Mountains	North Twin Cone Peak	12,323 feet 3756 m	383 feet 117 m	5.9 miles 9.6 km
		Kenosha Mountains Kenosha Mountains The Kenosha Mountains or Kenosha Mountain are a subrange of the Front Range located in Park and Jefferson counties of Colorado. Lying within the Pike National Forest, the range extends 36 miles from where it meets the Platte River Mountains to the northwest, to Windy Peak to the southeast...	Windy Peak Windy Peak Windy Peak is a prominent peak, 1,910 m, located 2 nautical miles southwest of the south end of Reuther Nunataks in the Founders Peaks, Heritage Range. So named by the University of Minnesota Geological Party, 1963–64, because high velocity winds were present here whenever the peak was...	11,970 feet 3649 m	1,510 feet 460 m	5.4 miles 8.7 km
		South Park Hills	Waugh Mountain	11,716 feet 3571 m	2,330 feet 710 m	20.0 miles 32.2 km
		Rampart Range Rampart Range The Rampart Range is a mountain range located in Douglas, El Paso, and Teller counties, Colorado, USA. It is part of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The range is almost entirely public land within the Pike National Forest....	Devils Head Devil's Head Lookout Devil's Head Lookout is a U.S. Forest Service fire lookout tower located in Douglas County, Colorado. The tower is accessed by hiking on the Devils Head National Recreation Trail. The original tower was built in 1912 on a large pinnacle of Pikes Peak granite and is used as a fire lookout point in...	9,749 feet 2972 m	1,248 feet 380 m	8.0 miles 12.9 km
Elk Mountains Elk Mountains (Colorado) The Elk Mountains are a high, rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of west-central Colorado in the United States. The mountains sit on the western side of the Continental Divide, largely in southern Pitkin and northern Gunnison counties, in the area southwest of Aspen, south of the Roaring...			Castle Peak Castle Peak (Colorado) Castle Peak is a fourteener in the Elk Mountains in the US state of Colorado. It is the highest peak in the Elks and the twelfth highest in Colorado. The peak is in Pitkin County near the Gunnison County line and about south of Aspen. The best climbing months are June, July, August, September...	14,279 feet 4352 m	2,365 feet 721 m	20.9 miles 33.7 km
	Ruby Range		Mount Owen	13,070 feet 3984 m	1,358 feet 414 m	8.0 miles 12.8 km
	West Elk Mountains West Elk Mountains The West Elk Mountains are a mountain range in the west-central part of the US state of Colorado. They lie primarily within the Gunnison National Forest, and part of the range is protected as the West Elk Wilderness...		West Elk Peak	13,042 feet 3975 m	3,095 feet 943 m	13.8 miles 22.2 km
Gore Range Gore Range The Gore Range is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of north central Colorado in the United States. The range runs for approximately 60 miles northwest-to-southeast, through western Grand and Summit counties, and eastern Routt and Eagle counties...			Mount Powell	13,566 feet 4135 m	3,000 feet 914 m	21.5 miles 34.6 km
Medicine Bow Mountains Medicine Bow Mountains The Medicine Bow Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains that extend for from northern Colorado into southern Wyoming. The northern extent of this range is the sub-range the Snowy Range...			Clark Peak Clark Peak (Medicine Bow Mountains) Clark Peak, with a summit elevation of , is the highest peak of the Medicine Bow Mountains. It is situated in the Rawah Wilderness along the border between Larimer and Jackson counties in northern Colorado...	12,956 feet 3949 m	2,771 feet 845 m	16.7 miles 26.8 km
Flat Tops Flat Tops (Colorado) Flat Tops is a mountain range located in Colorado within the Routt and White River National Forests. The area is home to 110 Ponds and Lakes.Much of the range is within the boundary of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area....			Flat Top Mountain Flat Top Mountain (Colorado) Flat Top Mountain, elevation , is the highest point in the Flat Tops Range of Garfield County, Colorado. Its prominence is 4,034 feet....	12,361 feet 3768 m	4,054 feet 1236 m	42.8 miles 68.9 km
Rabbit Ears Range Rabbit Ears Range The Rabbit Ears Range is a mountain range of the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado in the United States. The range stretches east-west along the continental divide forming the border between Grand and Jackson Counties, separating Middle Park from North Park...			Parkview Mountain Parkview Mountain Parkview Mountain, elevation , is the highest summit of the Rabbit Ears Range in northern Colorado. The mountain is on the Continental Divide in Routt National Forest about southwest of Willow Creek Pass....	12,301 feet 3749 m	2,676 feet 816 m	10.9 miles 17.6 km
Park Range Park Range (Colorado) The Park Range, elevation approximately , is a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of northwestern Colorado in the United States. The range forms a relatively isolated part of the continental divide, extending north-to-south for approximately along the boundary between Jackson and Routt counties...	Central Park Range		Mount Zirkel Mount Zirkel Mount Zirkel, elevation , is the highest summit of the Park Range in northern Colorado. The mountain in the Mount Zirkel Wilderness northeast of Steamboat Springs was named after German geologist Ferdinand Zirkel....	12,185 feet 3714 m	3,470 feet 1058 m	41.5 miles 66.8 km
	Elkhead Mountains Elkhead Mountains Elkhead Mountains is a mountain range in Colorado. The mountain range is considered to be low altitude within Colorado as the mountains are under 11,000 ft. Located within Moffat County, Colorado the mountain range attracts few visitors as it is far from metropolitan areas and has few lakes so...		Sand Mountain North	10,884 feet 3317 m	2,179 feet 664 m	18.2 miles 29.3 km
White River Plateau			Blair Mountain	11,445 feet 3488 m	1,736 feet 529 m	17.5 miles 28.2 km
Grand Mesa Grand Mesa The Grand Mesa is a large mesa in western Colorado in the United States. It has an area of about and stretches for about east of Grand Junction between the Colorado River and the Gunnison River, its tributary to the south. The north side of the mesa is drained largely by Plateau Creek, a...			Crater Peak Crater Peak (Colorado) Crater Peak, elevation , is the highest point on Grand Mesa in western Colorado....	11,333 feet 3454 m	2,307 feet 703 m	18.0 miles 29.0 km
Laramie Mountains Laramie Mountains The Laramie Mountains are a range of moderately high peaks on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in the U.S states of Wyoming and Colorado. The range is the northernmost extension of the line of the ranges along the eastern side of the Rockies, and in particular of the higher peaks of the...			South Bald Mountain South Bald Mountain South Bald Mountain, elevation , is the highest point in the Laramie Mountains. The summit in Roosevelt National Forest southwest of Red Feather Lakes is the highest of five peaks forming Bald Mountain....	11,007 feet 3355 m	1,843 feet 562 m	13.7 miles 22.0 km
Uncompaghre Plateau			Horsefly Peak	10,353 feet 3156 m	1,437 feet 438 m	14.6 miles 23.5 km
Ute Mountain Ute Mountain Ute Mountain , is a peak within the Ute Mountains, a small mountain range in the southwestern corner of Colorado. It is on the northern edge of the Ute Mountain Ute Reservation. The Reservation forms the southwestern corner of the state and of Montezuma County.Nomenclature for this peak and its...			Ute Peak	9,984 feet 3043 m	4,039 feet 1231 m	39.1 miles 62.9 km
Northwestern Colorado Moffat County, Colorado Moffat County is the northwesternmost and the second most extensive of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 13,184 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Craig.- History :...			Diamond Peak	9,645 feet 2940 m	2,845 feet 867 m	30.3 miles 48.8 km
Raton Mesa			Fishers Peak	9,633 feet 2936 m	1,847 feet 563 m	32.4 miles 52.2 km
Uinta Range	Eastern Uinta Range	Southeastern Uinta Range	Zenobia Peak	9,022 feet 2750 m	2,395 feet 730 m	23.7 miles 38.1 km

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