Mount Oxford (Colorado) Explained

Mount Oxford
Elevation Ft:14160.
Elevation Ref:[1] [2]
Prominence Ft:653
Prominence Ref:[3]
Isolation Mi:1.22
Listing:Colorado Fourteener 26th
Location:Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Range:Sawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks
Map:Colorado
Coordinates:38.9648°N -106.3388°W
Topo:USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Harvard, Colorado
Easiest Route:Via Mt. Belford: Hike, [5]

Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14160feet fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 22.9km (14.2miles) northwest (bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oxford.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Mountain

Mount Oxford lies 2km (01miles) east by north of the slightly higher Mount Belford. For this reason it is often climbed in combination with Mount Belford.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. JL0885. MT OXFORD. October 21, 2014.
  2. The elevation of Mount Oxford includes an adjustment of +2.042 m (+6.70 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. 5746. Mount Oxford, Colorado. October 21, 2014.
  4. 189171. Mount Oxford. October 29, 2014.
  5. Web site: Mt. Oxford Routes . 14ers.com .
  6. Web site: Mount Oxford. Summitpost.org.