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Pikes Peak is one of Colorado's 54 fourteeners, mountains more than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m) above sea level. The massif rises over 8,000 ft (2,400 m) above downtown Colorado Springs. Pikes Peak is a designated National Historic Landmark. It is composed of a characteristic pink granite called Pikes Peak granite.
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in Colorado. The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado.
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado.. The following sortable table comprises the 117 highest mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
Height, angle-reduced height, and jut have unit of length (meter or feet). While height and angle-reduced height depend on the viewing location around the peak, jut is a constant value for a given peak. [1] Base is the location where angle-reduced height is maximized.
In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet. This is a complete list of the 53 fourteeners in the U.S. State of Colorado with at least 300 feet (91.44 meters) of topographic prominence .
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] [3] The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [4] [3] The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of ...
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] [3] The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [4] [3] The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of ...
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [1] [2] The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. [3] [2] The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of ...