List Of Extreme Summits Of The Rocky Mountains
This article comprises four sortable tables of mountain summits of the Rocky Mountains of North America that are the higher than any other point north or south of their latitude or east or west their longitude in those mountains.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:
- The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level.
- The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
- The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation.
Northernmost high summits
Southernmost high summits
Easternmost high summits
Westernmost high summits
Gallery
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Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains and the US State of Colorado.
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Mount Massive in the Sawatch Range of Colorado is the second highest summit of the Rocky Mountains.
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Mount Harvard is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks of Colorado.
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Blanca Peak is the highest summit of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado.
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Uncompahgre Peak is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains of Colorado.
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Mount Lincoln is the highest summit of the Mosquito Range of Colorado.
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Grays Peak is the highest summit of the Front Range of Colorado and the highest point on the Continental Divide in North America.
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Longs Peak is the highest summit of the northern Front Range of Colorado.
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Pikes Peak in Colorado was the inspiration for America the Beautiful.
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Culebra Peak in Colorado is the highest summit of the Culebra Range.
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This photograph of the legendary Mount of the Holy Cross in Colorado was taken by William Henry Jackson in 1874.
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Gannett Peak is the highest summit of the Wind River Range, the US State of Wyoming, and the Central Rocky Mountains.
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Grand Teton is the highest summit of the Teton Range of Wyoming.
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Cloud Peak is the highest summit of the Big Horn Mountains of Wyoming.
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Truchas Peak is the highest summit of the Santa Fe Mountains of New Mexico.
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Mount Robson in British Columbia is the highest summit of the Canadian Rockies and the most prominent summit of the Rocky Mountains.
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Santa Fe Baldy in New Mexico is the southernmost 3000-meter (9843-foot) summit of the Rocky Mountains.
See also
- Rocky Mountains
- List of mountain peaks of North America
- Physical geography