Average Vertical Drop at 100m:Colorado Summits

Average Vertical Drop at 100m:Colorado Summits

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Location: Colorado, United States, North America

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Created/Edited: Dec 6, 2009 / Dec 10, 2009

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Overview

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

The Sharkstooth 12,630'

Lone Eagle Peak 11,920'

7071

Steamboat Rock 6074'

References

NED-FILES: Colorado
Listsofjohn - John Kirk
ORS (Spire Measure) - David Metzler, Edward Earl
Colorado 5th class summits - John Prater

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Images

Steamboat Rock as viewed from Echo Park.