List of the most prominent summits of Colorado explained

See also: List of mountain peaks of Colorado.

See also: List of the highest major summits of Colorado.

The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. The topographic prominence of a summit is the elevation difference between that summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. The topographic isolation of a summit is the minimum great-circle distance to a point of equal elevation.

This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100m (300feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500m (1,600feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500m (4,900feet) of topographic prominence. There are 126 ultra-prominent summits in the United States.

All elevations include an adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.

If an elevation or prominence is calculated as a range of values, the arithmetic mean is shown.

Most prominent summits

The 100 most topographically prominent Colorado summits

!Rank!Mountain Peak!Mountain Range!Elevation!Prominence!Isolation!Location

1	Sawatch Range	39.1178°N -106.4454°W
2	Front Range	38.8405°N -105.0442°W
3	Sangre de Cristo Mountains	37.5775°N -105.4856°W
4	Culebra Range	37.1224°N -105.1858°W
5	Sangre de Cristo Range	37.9669°N -105.5855°W
6	San Juan Mountains	38.0717°N -107.4621°W
7	Flat Tops	40.0147°N -107.0833°W
8	Ute Mountain	37.2841°N -108.7787°W
9	San Miguel Mountains	37.8391°N -107.9916°W
10	Mosquito Range	39.3515°N -106.1116°W
11	Wet Mountains	37.8815°N -105.0133°W
12	Spanish Peaks	37.3756°N -104.9934°W
13	West Elk Mountains	38.8121°N -107.3826°W
14	Park Range	40.8313°N -106.6631°W
15	La Garita Mountains	37.9868°N -106.9313°W
16	Front Range	39.3865°N -107.866°W
17	West Elk Mountains	38.7179°N -107.1994°W
18	Elk Mountains	39.192°N -107.3668°W
19	Sneffels Range	38.0038°N -107.7923°W
20	Sawatch Range	39.7723°N -106.8304°W
21	Gore Range	39.7601°N -106.3407°W
22	Front Range	40.255°N -105.6151°W
23	La Plata Mountains	37.4451°N -108.089°W
24	Green River Basin	40.9504°N -108.8782°W
25	Elk Mountains	39.0244°N -107.1228°W
26	Medicine Bow Mountains	40.6068°N -105.93°W
27	Front Range	39.6339°N -105.8176°W
28	Front Range	39.5883°N -105.6438°W
29	San Juan Mountains	37.3506°N -106.6968°W
30	West Elk Mountains	38.9299°N -107.2438°W
align=center rowspan=2	31	Never Summer Mountains	40.4695°N -105.8945°W
31 -->	Uncompahgre Plateau	38.826°N -108.7719°W
33	Rabbit Ears Range	40.3303°N -106.1363°W
34	Sawatch Range	38.4227°N -106.2247°W
35	Elk Mountains	38.8835°N -106.9436°W
36	San Juan Mountains	37.4972°N -107.3761°W
37	Sawatch Range	38.6741°N -106.2462°W
38	West Elk Mountains	38.8464°N -107.2233°W
39	Elk Mountains	39.0581°N -107.2822°W
40	West Elk Mountains	38.8223°N -106.9799°W
41	Tarryall Mountains	39.2384°N -105.4978°W
42	San Juan Mountains	37.5741°N -106.9815°W
43	Elkhead Mountains	40.7835°N -107.3691°W
44	West Elk Mountains	38.7196°N -107.3861°W
45	Mummy Range	40.4845°N -105.6464°W
46	Sawatch Range	38.325°N -106.218°W
47	Sangre de Cristo Mountains	38.3412°N -105.8892°W
48	Uinta Mountains	40.6072°N -108.8701°W
49	Spanish Peaks	37.3934°N -104.9201°W
50	Elk Mountains	39.0097°N -106.8614°W
51	Sawatch Range	38.9244°N -106.3207°W
52	Flat Tops	40.1275°N -107.5338°W
53	Needle Mountains	37.663°N -107.727°W
54	Elk Mountains	39.0708°N -106.989°W
55	South Park Hills	38.6022°N -105.6955°W
56	Sawatch Range	38.4849°N -106.5291°W
57	Grand Mesa	39.0396°N -107.6628°W
58	Front Range	40.2886°N -105.5175°W
59	Front Range	39.3394°N -106.0054°W
60	San Miguel Mountains	37.888°N -108.2556°W
61	Sangre de Cristo Mountains	37.7913°N -105.4554°W
62	South Park Hills	39.1572°N -105.5815°W
63	Uinta Mountains	40.4259°N -108.766°W
64	San Miguel Mountains	37.7344°N -108.058°W
65	South Park Hills	38.7185°N -105.6874°W
66	Sangre de Cristo Mountains	37.583°N -105.1474°W
67	Needle Mountains	37.6212°N -107.5919°W
align=center rowspan=2	68	West Elk Mountains	38.7943°N -107.0431°W
68 -->	Elkhead Mountains	40.7636°N -107.0575°W
70	Sawatch Range	38.7492°N -106.2424°W
71	Rabbit Ears Range	40.1619°N -106.1285°W
72	West Elk Mountains	38.8145°N -107.1445°W
73	Sawatch Range	39.4668°N -106.4817°W
74	San Juan Mountains	37.7993°N -107.8285°W
75	Front Range	39.4448°N -105.9705°W
76	South Park Hills	38.8324°N -105.5553°W
77	Gore Range	39.4549°N -106.197°W
78	Front Range	39.8552°N -106.1854°W
align=center rowspan=2	79	Sangre de Cristo Mountains	37.8492°N -105.4949°W
79 -->	Sawatch Range	38.7967°N -106.6028°W
81	Sawatch Range	39.4181°N -106.7712°W
82	Mosquito Range	38.9917°N -106.1249°W
83	San Juan Mountains	37.1418°N -106.75°W
84	Sawatch Range	39.1875°N -106.4757°W
85	San Miguel Mountains	37.8536°N -108.1082°W
86	Sangre de Cristo Range	37.6375°N -105.2538°W
87	Sawatch Range	39.0425°N -106.5976°W
88	La Garita Mountains	38.274°N -106.867°W
89	Elkhead Mountains	40.8799°N -107.1921°W
90	San Juan Mountains	37.2887°N -106.5709°W
91	San Juan Mountains	37.913°N -107.5044°W
92	Sawatch Range	38.8442°N -106.3138°W
93	San Juan Mountains	37.308°N -107.2864°W
94	San Juan Mountains	37.6797°N -107.3924°W
95	Laramie Mountains	40.7704°N -105.7162°W
96	San Juan Mountains	37.7859°N -107.7038°W
97	Kenosha Mountains	39.3053°N -105.3001°W
98	Raton Mesa	37.0982°N -104.4628°W
99	San Miguel Mountains	37.9275°N -108.0908°W
100	Sawatch Range	39.0294°N -106.4729°W

See also

• List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of Greenland
  • List of mountain peaks of Canada
  • List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
    • List of mountain peaks of Alaska
    • List of mountain peaks of California
    • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
      • List of the highest major summits of Colorado
        • List of the major 4000-meter summits of Colorado
          • List of Colorado fourteeners
            • • List of mountain ranges of Colorado
    • List of mountain peaks of Hawaiʻi
  • List of mountain peaks of México
  • List of mountain peaks of Central America
  • List of mountain peaks of the Caribbean
• Colorado
  • Geography of Colorado
    • • • • • • Physical geography
  • Topography
    • Topographic elevation
    • Topographic prominence
    • Topographic isolation

External links

• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
  • Geographic Names Information System @ USGS
• United States National Geodetic Survey (NGS)
  • Geodetic Glossary @ NGS
  • NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 online elevation converter @ NGS
  • Survey Marks and Datasheets @ NGS
• Bivouac.com
• Peakbagger.com
• Peaklist.org
• Peakware.com
• Summitpost.org

39.1178°N -106.4454°W