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Colorado Fourteeners

There are 53 Colorado peaks with an elevation of 14000 feet or more and having at least 280 feet of prominence (rising 280 feet above any saddle connecting it to anything higher). Additional peaks that are often climbed with these peaks are included in the tables below.

After completing our goal of climbing the California Fourteeners, I joined Keith Garlinghouse hiking and climbing several Colorado Fourteeners. Keith was raised in Colorado, still had family there, and subsequently completed climbing all of the Colorado Fourteeners.

Due to the number of these peaks and their distance from my home in Oregon I don't expect to visit them all. Even so, these peaks have already provided me many scenic and memorable explorations of the mountains of Colorado.

The Colorado Fourteeners

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The Peaks by Range

Colorado Fourteeners - Sawatch Range
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
1	Mount Elbert	14433	9073	670.6	1991
2	Mount Massive	14421	1941	5.1	2011
3	Mount Harvard	14420	2340	14.9	2011
5	La Plata Peak	14336	1816	6.2	2011
10	Mount Antero	14269	2503	17.7	2009
17	Mount Shavano	14229	1619	3.8	2009
18	Mount Princeton	14197	2157	5.2	2009
18	Mount Belford	14197	1317	3.3
21	Mount Yale	14196	1317	5.5	2009
25	Tabeguache Peak	14155	435	0.8	2009
26	Mount Oxford	14153	633	1.2
35	Mount Columbia	14073	873	1.6	2011
36	Missouri Mountain	14067	827	1.3	2008
51	Mount of the Holy Cross	14005	2111	18.4
52	Huron Peak	14003	1403	3.2	2008

Colorado Fourteeners - Sangre de Cristo Range
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
4	Blanca Peak	14345	5326	103.4	1982
7	Crestone Peak	14294	4534	27.4
18	Crestone Needle	14197	437	0.4
23	Kit Carson Peak	14165	1005	1.3
34	Challenger Point	14081	281	0.2
37	Humboldt Peak	14064	1184	1.4
41	Culebra Peak	14047	4807	35.4
42	Mount Lindsey	14042	1522	2.2
42	Ellingwood Point	14042	322	0.5
44	Little Bear Peak	14037	357	0.9

Colorado Fourteeners - San Juan Mountains
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
6	Uncompahgre Peak	14309	4277	85.0	2010
16	Mount Wilson	14246	4024	33.0
cmc	El Diente Peak	14159	239	0.7
27	Mount Sneffels	14150	3030	15.7	2013
32	Windom Peak	14087	2167	26.3
33	Mount Eolus	14084	1004	1.7
39	Sunlight Peak	14059	379	0.5
40	Handies Peak	14048	1888	11.1	2010
-	North Eolus	14039	159	0.2
46	Redcloud Peak	14034	1436	4.9	2010
48	Wilson Peak	14017	857	1.4	2013
49	Wetterhorn Peak	14015	1615	2.7	2010
50	San Luis Peak	14014	3113	27.0
53	Sunshine Peak	14001	481	1.3	2010
cmc	CMC Fourteener; < 280 feet of prominence
-	< 280 feet of prominence

Colorado Fourteeners - Tenmile and Mosquito Ranges
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
8	Mount Lincoln	14286	3862	22.5	2014
12	Quandary Peak	14265	1105	3.2	2012
-	Mount Cameron	14238	118	0.5	2014
22	Mount Bross	14172	292	0.9	2014
28	Mount Democrat	14148	748	1.2	2012
45	Mount Sherman	14036	850	8.0	2011
-	< 280 feet of prominence

Colorado Fourteeners - Front Range
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
9	Grays Peak	14270	2750	25.0	2012
11	Torreys Peak	14267	560	0.7	2012
14	Mount Evans	14264	2744	9.8	2014
15	Longs Peak	14255	2940	43.6	1982
30	Pikes Peak	14110	5510	60.6	2017
38	Mount Bierstadt	14060	700	1.0	2014

Colorado Fourteeners - Elk Mountains
Rank	Peak	Elevation (feet)	Prominence (feet)	Isolation (miles)	Year
12	Castle Peak	14265	2345	20.9
24	Maroon Peak	14156	2316	8.0	2008
29	Capitol Peak	14130	1730	7.4
31	Snowmass Mountain	14092	1132	2.3
-	Conundrum Peak	14040+	200	0.4
47	Pyramid Peak	14018	1618	2.1	2008
cmc	North Maroon Peak	14014	214	0.4
cmc	CMC Fourteener; < 280 feet of prominence
-	< 280 feet of prominence

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Individual Story

View from the top: Keith Garlinghouse fulfills quest to summit the ‘14ers’

General Information

14ers.com
Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
Peakbagger.com: Paul's Colorado 14,000-foot Peaks
Peakbagger.com: Paul's Colorado Mountain Club Fourteeners
Colorado Toponymy
Cielo Vista Ranch Climbing (Culebra)

References

1. Gerry Roach, Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs, Second Edition, Fulcrum Publishing, 1999.
2. Dawson, Louis W. II, Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Vol. 1: The Northern Peaks, 1999
3. Dawson, Louis W. II, Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2, the Southern Peaks, 1999