Jul 17 2026
Mount Bross 🏔️ Overview Mount Bross is a 14,178-foot mountain in Colorado’s Mosquito Range, rising above the historic mining town of Alma in Park County. Its broad summit plateau, rust-colored slopes, abandoned mining roads, and close connection to several neighboring fourteeners make it one of the most recognizable peaks in central Colorado. The mountain is …
Jul 16 2026
West Spanish Peak 🏔️ Overview West Spanish Peak rises abruptly above the plains and valleys of southern Colorado, forming the taller half of the distinctive Spanish Peaks. Although it falls short of Colorado’s famous 14,000-foot mark, the mountain is one of the state’s most visually dominant summits. Its isolated position, steep slopes, and broad views …
Jul 16 2026
Mount Richthofen Mount Richthofen 🏔️ Overview Mount Richthofen is the highest summit in Colorado’s Never Summer Mountains, a rugged and geologically unusual range along the northwestern boundary of Rocky Mountain National Park. Rising to approximately 12,944 feet (3,945 meters), the mountain forms a dark, steep-sided landmark above the glacial basin surrounding Lake Agnes. Unlike many …
Jul 16 2026
Mount Columbia 🏔️ Overview Mount Columbia is a 14,073-foot summit in Colorado’s Collegiate Peaks, a celebrated group of mountains in the central Sawatch Range. Located northwest of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, the peak rises within the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest. Although Mount Columbia is lower and less topographically independent than …
Jul 16 2026
Mount Powell 🏔️ Overview Mount Powell is the highest mountain in Colorado’s rugged Gore Range. Rising to approximately 13,556 feet (4,132 meters), this prominent thirteener stands within the Eagles Nest Wilderness north of Vail. Although Mount Powell falls nearly 450 feet short of fourteener status, it is one of the most topographically significant summits in …
Jul 10 2026
The Mosquito Range rises above central Colorado as a long wall of high summits, windswept ridges, alpine tundra, and historic mining country. Although it is sometimes overshadowed by the taller Sawatch Range immediately to the west, the Mosquito Range contains several of Colorado’s best-known fourteeners, including Mount Lincoln, Mount Democrat, Mount Bross, and Mount Sherman. …
Jul 10 2026
Rising abruptly above Colorado’s San Luis Valley, the Sangre de Cristo Range forms one of the steepest, most rugged, and most visually dramatic mountain walls in the Southern Rocky Mountains. Its skyline is defined by narrow ridges, glacial basins, alpine lakes, and some of Colorado’s most challenging fourteeners, including Blanca Peak, Crestone Peak, Crestone Needle, …
Jul 09 2026
Mount Democrat 🏔️ Overview Mount Democrat is a 14,154-foot mountain in Colorado’s Mosquito Range, rising above the historic mining town of Alma and the high alpine basin surrounding Kite Lake. It is one of Colorado’s recognized fourteeners and one of four closely connected summits forming the well-known DeCaLiBron route. Compared with many Colorado fourteeners, Mount …
Jul 03 2026
Pyramid Peak Pyramid Peak is one of Colorado’s most dramatic and intimidating fourteeners. Rising sharply above the Maroon Creek Valley near Aspen, the mountain is distinguished by its steep triangular profile, reddish sedimentary rock and deeply cut ridges. From the north and northeast, its summit mass resembles an enormous stone pyramid, giving the peak its …
Jun 30 2026
Mount Shavano 🏔️ Overview Mount Shavano is a 14,229-foot mountain in the southern Sawatch Range of central Colorado. Rising west of the Arkansas River Valley and northwest of Salida, it is the southernmost fourteener in the Sawatch Range and one of the most recognizable mountains in Chaffee County. The mountain is best known for the …
