The Vasquez Mountains are an indistinct subrange of Colorado's Front Range. Extending from Berthoud Pass and the Fraser River Valley on the east, to the Williams Fork River on the west, and then north to Bottle Peak, they are a small L shaped range. The summits of the Vasquez Mountains are generally in the twelve thousand foot range. Although the terrain of these mountains consists of much rolling tundra; glaciation has carved some impressive cirques in the eastern aspects of many of the ridges and mountains in the area. The Vasquez Mountains are home to two of Colorado's wilderness areas: the Vasquez Peak Wilderness in the south and the Byers Peak Wilderness in the north. The intervening Fraser Experimental Forest lends a deep wilderness feel to these mountains as the forest separates the summits from civilization with a thick blanket of Engleman Spruce and Lodgepole Pine.

Although less dramatic then the nearby Indian Peaks and Gore Range, which offer superb vantages, the Vasquez Mountains offer a quiet and intimate mountain experience. An extensive trail system offers excellent access to these mountains: The Continental Divide Trail follows the southern slopes of these mountains, the Mount Nystrom Trail enters the heart of the Vasquez Peak Wilderness, and the St. Louis Divide Trail links the Byers Peak Wilderness with the Vasquez Peak Wilderness.

Vasquez Peak and Byers Peak in the distance on the left. Submitted by JonBradford

List

Ranked peaks have at least 300 feet of prominence. Only peaks higher than 11,000 feet are included.

Peak Name	Rank	Elevation	Parent	Miles From Parent	Prominence	Peak Lat.	Peak Long.	Quadrangle	Land Use Designation
Vasquez Peak	1	12947	"Hassell Peak"	4.0	1007	39.79600	-105.854	Berthoud Pass	Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
Byers Peak	2	12804	Vasquez Peak	6.8	1272	39.86440	-105.9467	Byers Peak	Byers Peak Wilderness Area
Bobtail BM	3	12803	Vasquez Peak	2.2	352	39.7815	-105.8921	Byers Peak	Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
PT 12,763	4	12763	Vasquez Peak	2.5	623	39.8304	-105.8725	Berthoud Pass	Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
Bills Peak	5	12703	Byers Peak	1.0	643	39.85600	-105.962	Byers Peak	Byers Peak Wilderness Area
PT 12,686	6	12686	Bills Peak	1.2	426	39.8396	-105.9523	Byers Peak	Byers Peak Wilderness Area
Mount Nystrom		12652	Bobtail BM	2.0	272	39.8086	-105.9013	Byers Peak	Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
12580		12580	Bills Peak	0.5	280	39.8475	-105.9649	Byers Peak	Byers Peak Wilderness Area
Stanley Mountain	7	12521	Vasquez Peak	1.9	821	39.78600	-105.822	Berthoud Pass	Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
"Harrison Mountain"	8	12317	Woods Mountain	1.7	417	39.7529	-105.8529	Berthoud Pass	Henderson Mine Property
Red Mountain	9	12315	"Harrison Mountain"	0.9	695	39.7586	-105.8392	Berthoud Pass	Henderson Mine Property
St. Louis Peak	10	12246	Bobtail BM	2.7	346	39.7948	-105.9385	Byers Peak	Arapaho National Forest
Twin Cones South		12060	Colorado Mines Peak	3.1	160	39.83700	-105.786	Berthoud Pass	Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
Twin Cones North		12058	Colorado Mines Peak	3.5	198	39.8438	-105.7833	Berthoud Pass	Vasquez Peak Wilderness Area
Ptarmigan Peak	11	11773	Byers Peak	2.9	873	39.9058	-105.9480	Bottle Pass	Byers Peak Wilderness Area
Bottle Peak		11584	Ptarmigan Peak	0.7	284	39.9019	-105.9364	Bottle Pass	Byers Peak Wilderness Area

External Links

Map of Vasquez Mountains
List of Vasquez Mountains
Lists of John Member Progress

Credits

JonBradford
http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/CO_Range_VM.shtml

Images

$Vasquez Peak\'s shadowy summit...$