La Plata Peak La Plata Peak rises to approximately 14,343–14,344 feet (4,372 meters) in Colorado’s Sawatch Range, making it the fifth-highest recognized fourteener in Colorado and one of the highest major summits in the Rocky Mountains. Located south of Mount Elbert near Twin Lakes and Independence Pass, La Plata is distinguished by steep ridges, a …
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Nov 14 2023
Mount Massive
Mount Massive Stretching across a huge section of Colorado’s Sawatch Range, Mount Massive lives up to its name. Rather than rising as a single sharp pyramid, the mountain spreads across a long summit crest containing multiple points above 14,000 feet, broad alpine slopes, glacial basins, and an enormous expanse of high-country terrain. For generations, Mount …
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 …
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