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Colorado's 100 Highest Mountains
Climbing all of Colorado's 100 tallest mountains (also known as the Centennials) is a considerable mountaineering achievement that has been accomplished by considerably fewer people than the Colorado fourteener list. Hopefully this will prove a good reference for consolidating all of these wonderful peaks in a single place. This group of peaks makes for quite an amazing buildup of outdoor hiking, scrambling, and snow climbing experience for people who are new to mountaineering and hiking in general. Many people, myself included, started hiking the easier 14ers such as Elbert, Massive etc and began getting more comfortable tackling some of the easier 13ers without established trails (talus hiking).
Over time, and after enough different ascents, new climbers begin to try the harder 14ers like the ones in the Elk Range, while continuing to gain more experience with all around mountain travel, including efficiently walking on scree/talus/snow, orienteering, mountain weather, gear improvements, exposed scrambling, and finally, bridging into the realm of technical climbing. There are three peaks on this list that are rated as low 5th class via their easiest route (Teakettle, Dallas, and Jagged), and they make a great capstone for new mountaineers to gauge their progress on. I owe the very start of my climbing career to this list of peaks, and learned so much as I climbed them in my days at college.
Elevation Note: These elevations reflect the heights measured by the 1929 Sea Level Datum. These are the classic and standard elevations. The 1988 datum (which bumps all of these mountains up 4-7 feet), however, is considered more accurate.
| Peak Name | Elevation | Rank | Range | Difficulty (YDS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Elbert | 14,433' | 1 | Sawatch | class 1 |
| Mount Massive | 14,421' | 2 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Harvard | 14,420' | 3 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Blanca Peak | 14,345' | 4 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2 |
| La Plata | 14,336' | 5 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Uncompahgre Peak | 14,309' | 6 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Crestone Peak | 14,294' | 7 | Sangre De Cristo | class 3 |
| Mount Lincoln | 14,286' | 8 | Mosquito Range | class 2 |
| Grays Peak | 14,270' | 9 | Front Range | class 1 |
| Mount Antero | 14,269' | 10 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Torreys Peak | 14,267' | 11 | Front Range | class 2 |
| Castle Peak | 14,265' | 12 | Elk Range | class 2+ |
| Quandary Peak | 14,265' | 13 | Tenmile Range | class 1 |
| Mount Evans | 14,264' | 14 | Front Range | class 1 |
| Longs Peak | 14,255' | 15 | Front Range | class 3 |
| Mount Wilson | 14,246' | 16 | San Juan Range | class 4 |
| Mount Shavano | 14,229' | 17 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Princeton | 14,197' | 18 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Belford | 14,197 | 19 | Sawatch | class 1 |
| Crestone Needle | 14,197 | 20 | Sangre De Cristo | class 3 |
| Mount Yale | 14,196' | 21 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Bross | 14,172' | 22 | Mosquito | class 2 |
| Kit Carson Peak | 14,165' | 23 | Sangre De Cristo | class 3 |
| Maroon Peak | 14,156' | 24 | Elk Range | class 3 |
| Tabeguache Peak | 14,155' | 25 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Oxford | 14,153' | 26 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Sneffels | 14,150' | 27 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Mount Democrat | 14,148' | 28 | Mosquito | class 2 |
| Capitol Peak | 14,130' | 29 | Elk | class 4 |
| Pikes Peak | 14,110 | 30 | Front Range | class 1 |
| Snowmass Mountain | 14,092' | 31 | Elk | class 3 |
| Windom Peak | 14,087' | 32 | San Juan | class 2+ |
| Mount Eolus | 14,084' | 33 | San Juan | class 3 |
| Challenger Point | 14,081' | 34 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2+ |
| Mount Columbia | 14,073' | 35 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Missouri Mountain | 14,067' | 36 | Sawatch | class 2+ |
| Humboldt Peak | 14,064' | 37 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2 |
| Mount Bierstadt | 14,060' | 38 | Front Range | class 2 |
| Sunlight Peak | 14,059' | 39 | San Juan | class 4 |
| Handies Peak | 14,048' | 40 | San Juan | class 1 |
| Culebra Peak | 14,047' | 41 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2 |
| Mount Lindsey | 14,042' | 42 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2+ |
| Ellingwood Point | 14,042' | 43 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2 |
| Little Bear | 14,037' | 44 | Sangre De Cristo | class 4 |
| Mount Sherman | 14,036' | 45 | Mosquito Range | class 2 |
| Redcloud Peak | 14,034' | 46 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Pyramid Peak | 14,018' | 47 | Elk Range | class 4 |
| Wilson Peak | 14,017' | 48 | San Juan | class 3 |
| Wetterhorn | 14,015' | 49 | San Juan | class 3 |
| San Luis Peak | 14,014' | 50 | San Juan | class 1 |
| Mount of the Holy Cross | 14,005' | 51 | Elk Range | class 2 |
| Huron Peak | 14,003' | 52 | Sawatch | class 1 |
| Sunshine Peak | 14,001' | 53 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Grizzly Peak | 13,988' | 54 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Stewart Peak | 13,983' | 55 | San Juan | class 1 |
| Columbia Point | 13,980' | 56 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2+ |
| Pigeon Peak | 13,972' | 57 | San Juan | class 4 |
| Mount Ouray | 13,971' | 58 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Fletcher Mountain | 13,951 | 59 | Tenmile Range | class 2 |
| Ice Mountain | 13,951 | 60 | Sawatch | class 3 |
| Pacific Peak | 13,950' | 61 | Tenmile Range | class 2 |
| Cathedral Peak | 13,943 | 62 | Elk Range | class 3 |
| French Mountain | 13,940' | 63 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Hope | 13,933' | 64 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| "Thunder Pyramid" | 13,932' | 65 | Elk Range | class 3 |
| Mount Adams | 13,931 | 66 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2+ |
| Gladstone Peak | 13,913' | 67 | San Juan | class 3 |
| Mount Meeker | 13,911' | 68 | Front Range | class 3 |
| Casco Peak | 13,908' | 69 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Red Mountain | 13,908 | 70 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2 |
| Emerald Peak | 13,904' | 71 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Horseshoe Mountain | 13,898' | 72 | Tenmile Range | class 1 |
| "Phoenix Peak" | 13,895' | 73 | San Juan | class 1 |
| Vermilion Peak | 13,894' | 74 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Cronin Peak | 13,870' | 75 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Buckskin | 13,865' | 76 | Tenmmile Range | class 2 |
| Vestal Peak | 13,864' | 77 | San Juan | class 2+ |
| Jones Mountain | 13,860' | 78 | San Juan | class 2 |
| North Apostle | 13,860' | 79 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Clinton Peak | 13,857' | 80 | Tenmile Range | class 2 |
| Dyer Mountain | 13,855' | 81 | Tenmile Range | class 2 |
| Crystal Peak | 13,852 | 82 | Tenmile Range | class 2 |
| Mount Edwards | 13,850' | 83 | Front Range | class 1 |
| California Peak | 13,849' | 84 | Sangre De Cristo | class 1 |
| Mount Oklahoma | 13,845' | 85 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| "Atlantic Peak" | 13,841' | 86 | Tenmile Range | class 2 |
| Hagerman Peak | 13,841 | 87 | Elk Range | class 2+ |
| Half Peak | 13,841 | 88 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Turret Peak | 13,835' | 89 | San Juan | class 2+ |
| Point 13,832 | 13,832' | 90 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Holy Cross Ridge | 13,831' | 91 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Jupiter Mountain | 13,830' | 92 | San Juan | class 2+ |
| "Huerfano Peak" | 13,828' | 93 | Sangre De Cristo | class 2 |
| Jagged Mountain | 13,824' | 94 | San Juan | class 5.2 |
| "Lackawanna Peak" | 13,823' | 95 | Sawatch | class 2 |
| Mount Silverheels | 13,822' | 96 | Tenmile Range | class 1 |
| Rio Grande Pyramid | 13,821' | 97 | San Juan | class 2 |
| Teakettle Mountain | 13,829' | 98 | San Juan | class 5.3 |
| Point 13,811 | 13,811' | 99 | San Juan | class 1 |
| Dallas Peak | 13,809' | 100 | San Juan | class 5.3 |
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