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This article comprises sortable tables of the major 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 100 meters (328 feet) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters (4921 feet) of topographic prominence. There are 127 ultra-prominent summits in the United States.
All elevations in this article include an elevation 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.
The following sortable table lists the 55 highest Colorado mountain peaks with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence. Each of these 55 summits exceeds 4000 meters (13,123.4 feet) of topographic elevation.
Note: Compare this table with the List of Colorado fourteeners which includes peaks with at least 4267.2 meters (14,000 feet) of elevation and at least 91.44 meters (300 feet) of topographic prominence. The 11 highest peaks are the same on both lists, but this list of 4000 meter peaks excludes less prominent summits like Torreys Peak, but includes prominent, although slightly lower peaks, like Mount Ouray.
The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically prominent Colorado mountain peaks.
The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically isolated Colorado mountain peaks with at least 500 meters (1640.4 feet) of topographic prominence.
The following sortable table lists progressively the easternmost summits of their respective elevation in the Rocky Mountains and the United States.
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Mount Massive in the Sawatch Range is the second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Mount Harvard is the highest of the Collegiate Peaks and the third highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
La Plata Peak in the Collegiate Peaks is the fifth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the second most topographically isolated peak of Colorado.
Uncompahgre Peak is the highest peak of the San Juan Mountains and the sixth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Crestone Peak is the highest peak of the Crestones and the seventh highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Mount Lincoln is the highest peak of the Mosquito Range and the eighth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Castle Peak is the highest peak of the Elk Mountains and the ninth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Grays Peak is the highest peak of the Front Range, the highest point on the Continental Divide, and the tenth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains.
Longs Peak is the highest peak in Rocky Mountain National Park and northern Colorado.
Impressive Mount Sneffels in southwestern Colorado is often said to be the most beautiful mountain in the state.
Pikes Peak is the second most topographically prominent mountain summit of Colorado and the easternmost fourteener.
This photograph of the legendary Mount of the Holy Cross was taken by William Henry Jackson in 1874.
The Spanish Peaks in southern Colorado are two prominent mountains which can be seen for many miles.
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