Missouri Mountain | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,074 ft (4,290 m) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 847 ft (258 m) [3] |
Isolation | 1.31 mi (2.11 km) [3] |
Listing | Colorado Fourteener 36th |
Coordinates | 38°56′51″N 106°22′43″W / 38.9475647°N 106.3784982°W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. [4] |
Parent range |
Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks [3] |
Topo map |
USGS 7.5' topographic map Winfield, Colorado [1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Northwest Ridge: Hike, class 2 [5] |
Missouri Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,074-foot (4,290 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.2 miles (24.5 km) northwest by west ( bearing 302°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. [1] [2] [3] [4] Missouri Mountain is separated from its eastern neighbor Mount Belford by Elkhead Pass (13,220 feet). [6]