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Below is a list of Colorado peaks which have the greatest vertical drop within a 100 meter(~1/16 of a mile) radius surrounding their summit. The figures below were obtained from analysis of digital data provided by the USGS's National Elevation Dataset at 1/3 arc second resolution. Each of the 360 degrees outward from the summit are examined, with drop figures in each direction averaged and then ranked in descending order. Summits with prominence of > 300 feet are in bold and given a rank. The top 50 ranked summits are shown below. YDS rating for 5th class summits by easiest route is listed 2nd from the right. Click peak name for data from listsofjohn.com. Use the link on the far right for the SP page. See references below for a full Colorado listing.Peak List
| Rank | Avg at 100m (drop in feet) | Name | County | Elevation | YDS | SP link
| 1 | 617.3 | Sharkstooth, The | Larimer | 12630 | 5.4 | SP | 2 | 601.7 | Chimney Rock | Hinsdale & Ouray | 11781 | 5.6 | SP | 3 | 527.2 | Elephant Head Rock | Archuleta | 9963 | 499. | Island Peaks | Montrose | 7631 | 485.4 | 5180 | Mesa | 5180 | 4 | 480.7 | Curecanti Needle | Gunnison | 7856 | 5.x | 5 | 467.6 | Chimney Rock | Montezuma | 6110 | 5.x | 6 | 466.7 | East Toe | Montezuma | 7765 | 5.x | 7 | 461.2 | Turret Ridge | Hinsdale | 12260 | 5.9 | 458.6 | Steamboat Rock | Moffat | 6074 | 5.10+ | 8 | 442.2 | 6719 | Mesa | 6719 | 5.x | 10 | 439.3 | Lizard Head | Dolores & San Miguel | 13113 | 5.8 | SP | 11 | 437.6 | Independence Monument | Mesa | 5739 | 5.9 | SP | 12 | 431.3 | Squaw | Montezuma | 6410 | 5.x | 422.4 | Notchtop Mountain | Larimer | 12129 | SP | 13 | 419.2 | East Gibraltar Peak | Routt | 8810 | 417.1 | 10875 | Gunnison | 10875 | 14 | 402.9 | Knife Point | La Plata | 13265 | SP | 401.5 | Capricorn Spire | Eagle & Summit | 12500 | 15 | 399.4 | Coxcomb Peak | Hinsdale & Ouray | 13656 | 5.3 | SP | 399. | West Anvil Point | Garfield | 8700 | 398.9 | West Eolus | La Plata | 13740 | 16 | 396.2 | 9300 | Park | 9300 | 5.3 | 17 | 390.5 | Needle Rock | Delta | 7874 | 5.3 | SP | 18 | 390.3 | 7860 | Mesa | 7860 | 5.x | 389.1 | Lone Eagle Peak | Grand | 11940 | SP | 388.3 | Haystack Rock | Moffat | 6544 | 19 | 386.7 | Dragons Back | Ouray | 12968 | 386.1 | Kissing Couple | Mesa | 5815 | 384.3 | Echo Mountain | La Plata | 13309 | 383.1 | Aiguille De Fleur | Grand | 11980 | 21 | 382. | Hiamovi Tower | Grand | 12220 | 380.4 | Sawtooth, The | Clear Creek | 13620 | 379.4 | Sugarloaf Rock | Hinsdale | 10835 | 374.8 | Eagles Beak | Boulder | 12220 | 374.3 | Northeast Crestone | Custer & Saguache | 14260 | 22 | 373.9 | East Trinity | San Juan | 13745 | 373.7 | Iroquois | Grand | 12799 | 372.1 | Castle Rock | Gunnison | 11205 | 23 | 370.6 | Jagged Mountain | San Juan | 13824 | 5.2 | SP | 369.9 | Little Matterhorn | Larimer | 11586 | 24 | 369.7 | 8666 | Dolores | 8666 | 368.8 | Pilot Mountain | Boulder | 12220 | SP | 367.7 | 11860 | Gunnison | 11860 | 25 | 367.4 | Wetterhorn Peak | Hinsdale & Ouray | 14015 | SP | 366.7 | Spearhead, The | Boulder | 12575 | 26 | 365.6 | 7071 | Moffat | 7071 | 5.x | 27 | 362.4 | Precipice Peak | Hinsdale | 13144 | SP | 359.2 | Monk Rock | Mineral | 10778 | 28 | 357.8 | Chiefs Head Peak | Boulder | 13579 | SP | 357.7 | Needle Ridge | La Plata | 13500 | 29 | 353.8 | Crestone Needle | Custer & Saguache | 14197 | SP | 346.4 | Pipe Organ | Mesa | 5731 | 345.2 | Sunlight Spire | La Plata | 13995 | 5.10d | SP | 30 | 344.2 | Gladstone Peak | Dolores & San Miguel | 13913 | SP | 343.7 | Peak Ten | San Juan | 13420 | 31 | 342.2 | 13222 | Hinsdale | 13222 | 341.5 | Libra Spire | Eagle & Summit | 12550 | 5.4 | 32 | 341.1 | Sheeprock | Jefferson | 8877 | 5.5 | 339.3 | 11626 | Archuleta & Conejos | 11626 | 338.7 | Peak Thirteen | San Juan | 13705 | 33 | 338.5 | Heisshorn | Hinsdale | 13411 | 34 | 338.1 | Thunder Pyramid | Pitkin | 13932 | SP | 337.8 | Southern Comfort | Jefferson | 8710 | 337.8 | Cancer Spire | Eagle & Summit | 12540 | 35 | 335.3 | South Piney Bristle | Eagle | 12100 | 36 | 334.7 | Nokhu Crags | Jackson | 12485 | SP | 328.1 | Index, The | San Juan | 13420 | 5.9 | 327.3 | Len Shoemaker Ridge | Pitkin | 12875 | 5.4 | 37 | 326.6 | Sleeping Sexton | Pitkin | 13460 | 38 | 326.4 | Chimney Rock | Archuleta | 7903 | 5.x | 39 | 325. | Navajo Peak | Boulder & Grand | 13409 | SP | 40 | 324.3 | Goemmer Butte | Huerfano | 8043 | 323.2 | Prime Point | Eagle | 12225 | 323.1 | West Toe | Montezuma | 7325 | 41 | 322.9 | Peak Fifteen | La Plata | 13700 | 5.2 | SP | 321.3 | Peak E | Eagle & Summit | 13220 | 321.3 | Achonee Tower | Grand | 12060 | 320.8 | The Prow | Saguache | 13980 | 42 | 320.6 | S 9 | Ouray & San Miguel | 13134 | 43 | 319.1 | Kiowa Peak | Boulder | 13276 | 44 | 318.6 | 12903 | Pitkin | 12903 | 45 | 317. | Crestone Peak | Saguache | 14294 | SP | 316.6 | E Prime | Eagle | 12361 | 316.4 | Bear Mountain | Gunnison | 12373 | 315. | Twin Owls, The | Larimer | 8789 | 5.0 | SP | 314.5 | Centennial Peak | Montezuma | 13062 | 46 | 314.5 | 5770 | Mesa | 5770 | 47 | 313.5 | Dallas Peak | Ouray & San Miguel | 13809 | 5.3 | SP | 48 | 312.1 | 13212 | Pitkin | 13212 | 49 | 311.7 | Lavender Peak | Montezuma | 13220 | SP | 50 | 311.6 | Eagle Mountain | Mineral | 12007 | |
References
- NED-FILES: Colorado
- Listsofjohn - John Kirk
- ORS (Spire Measure) - David Metzler, Edward Earl
- Colorado 5th class summits - John Prater
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