Mount Yale Mount Yale rises to approximately 14,200 feet (4,328 meters) in Colorado’s Sawatch Range, forming one of the celebrated Collegiate Peaks west of Buena Vista. Although its broad profile is less dramatic than nearby Mount Princeton or the higher Mount Harvard, Yale offers one of the classic high-altitude hikes of central Colorado, combining dense …
Tag: Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
Nov 14 2023
Mount Harvard
Mount Harvard Rising deep within Colorado’s Sawatch Range, Mount Harvard is one of the great high summits of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain towers above Horn Fork Basin and the surrounding Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, combining broad alpine slopes, rugged granite ridges, glacial basins, forests, tundra, and one of Colorado’s most famous fourteener hiking routes. Mount …