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Blanca Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. [b] [1] [2] [6] The Blanca Peak Tripoint of Alamosa, Costilla, and Huerfano counties is located on the same drainage divide approximately 251 feet (77 m) northeast by north (bearing 30°) of the Blanca Peak summit at the boundary of the San Isabel National Forest.
Of the most prominent summits of New Mexico, Sierra Blanca Peak is an ultra-prominent summit with more than 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence and 12 peaks exceed 1000 meters (3281 feet) of topographic prominence.
They are named in sunwise order and associated with the colors of the four cardinal directions: Sisnaajiní or Blanca Peak (white in the east), Tsoodził or Mt. Taylor (blue in the south), Doko’oosłííd or the San Francisco Peaks (yellow in the west), and Dibéntsaa or Hesperus Peak (black in the north).
Sierra Blanca Peak The primary route to the summit follows the ridge at right. The Sierra Blanca (Spanish: White Mountains) is an ultra-prominent range of volcanic mountains in Lincoln and Otero counties in the south-central part of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The range is about 40 miles (64 km) from north to south and 20 miles (32 km) wide.
Blanca Peak in Colorado is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo mountains. 2 Crestone Peak [9] Crestones: 14,300 ft 4359 m: 4,554 ft 1388 m: 27.4 mi 44.1 km Crestone Peak is rock scrambles (Class 3) with some exposure and significant rockfall danger. (Image: Crestone Peak and Crestone Needle seen from the south) 3 Culebra Peak [9] Culebra ...
The traditional boundary of the land is demarcated by four mountains: Blanca Peak (Sis Naajinį́), to the east, Mount Taylor , to the south, the San Francisco Peaks (Dook'o'ooshį́į́), to the west, and Hesperus Peak, (Dibé Nitsaa), to the north. [2]
Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the second most topographically isolated peak of Colorado. 4. Culebra Peak is the southernmost 14,000-foot summit of the Rocky Mountains .
Ellingwood Point is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 14,048-foot (4,282 m) fourteener is located on the Sierra Blanca Massif, 9.9 miles (16.0 km) north by east (bearing 7°) of the Town of Blanca, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating the Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from the San Isabel ...