Saturday, November 30, 2013

List: The Centennial Peaks (100 Highest)

The 100 tallest "official" peaks in Colorado, sometimes called the "Centennial List". The generally accepted standard for official status by mountaineers in Colorado is that a mountain should have at least 300 feet of topographical prominence (rise from the highest connecting saddle with a higher peak).

Peak NameElevationRankRangeDifficulty easiest route (YDS)
Mount Elbert14,433'1Sawatchclass 1
Mount Massive14,421'2 Sawatch class 2
Mount Harvard14,420'3Sawatchclass 2
Blanca Peak14,345'4Sangre De Cristoclass 2
La Plata Peak14,336'5Sawatchclass 2
Uncompahgre Peak14,309'6San Juanclass 2
Crestone Peak14,294'7Sangre De Cristoclass 3
Mount Lincoln14,286'8Tenmile Rangeclass 2
Grays Peak14,270'9Front Rangeclass 1
Mount Antero14,269'10Sawatchclass 2
Torreys Peak14,267'11Front Rangeclass 2
Castle Peak14,265'12Elk Rangeclass 2+
Quandary Peak14,265'13Tenmile Rangeclass 1
Mount Evans14,264'14Front Rangeclass 1
Longs Peak 14,255'15Front Rangeclass 3
Mount Wilson14,246'16Front Rangeclass 4
Mount Shavano14,229'17Sawatchclass 2
Mount Princeton14,197'18Sawatchclass 2
Mount Belford14,19719Sawatchclass 1
Crestone Needle14,19720Sangre De Cristoclass 3
Mount Yale14,196'21Sawatchclass 2
Mount Bross14,172'22Mosquitoclass 2
Kit Carson Peak14,165'23Sangre De Cristoclass 3
Maroon Peak14,156'24Elk Rangeclass 3
Tabeguache Peak14,155'25Sawatchclass 2
Mount Oxford14,153'26Sawatchclass 2
Mount Sneffels14,150'27San Juanclass 2
Mount Democrat14,148'28Mosquitoclass 2
Capitol Peak14,130'29Elkclass 4
Pikes Peak 14,11030Front Rangeclass 1
Snowmass Mountain14,092'31Elkclass 3
Windom Peak14,087'32San Juanclass 2+
Mount Eolus14,084'33San Juanclass 3
Challenger Point14,081'34Sangre De Cristoclass 2+
Mount Columbia14,073'35Sawatchclass 2
Missouri Mountain14,067'36Sawatchclass 2+
Humboldt Peak14,064'37Sangre De Cristoclass 2
Mount Bierstadt14,060'38Front Rangeclass 2
Sunlight Peak14,059'39San Juanclass 4
Handies Peak 14,048' 40 San Juanclass 1
Culebra Peak14,047'41Sangre De Cristo class 2
Mount Lindsey14,042'42Sangre De Cristoclass 2+
Ellingwood Point14,042'43 Sangre De Cristoclass 2
Little Bear14,037'44Sangre De Cristoclass 4
Mount Sherman14,036'45Tenmile Range class 2
Redcloud Peak14,034' 46San Juanclass 2
Pyramid Peak14,018'47Elk Rangeclass 4
Wilson Peak14,017'48San Juanclass 3
Wetterhorn14,015'49San Juanclass 3
San Luis Peak14,014'50San Juanclass 1
Mount of the Holy Cross14,005'51Elk Rangeclass 2
Huron Peak14,003'52Sawatchclass 1
Sunshine Peak14,001'53San Juan class 2
Grizzly Peak13,988'54Sawatch class 2
Stewart Peak13,983'55San Juan class 1
Columbia Point13,980'56Sangre De Cristo class 2+
Pigeon Peak13,972'57San Juan class 4
Mount Ouray13,971'58Sawatch class 2
Fletcher Mountain13,95159Tenmile Range class 2
Ice Mountain13,95160Sawatchclass 3
Pacific Peak13,950'61Tenmile Range class 2
Cathedral Peak13,94362Elk Range class 3
French Mountain13,940' 63Sawatchclass 2
Mount Hope13,933'64Sawatch class 2
"Thunder Pyramid"13,932'65Elk Rangeclass 3
Mount Adams13,93166Sangre De Cristo class 2+
Gladstone Peak13,913'67San Juan class 3
Mount Meeker13,911'68Front Range class 3
Casco Peak13,908'69Sawatch class 2
Red Mountain13,90870Sangre De Cristoclass 2
Emerald Peak13,904'71Sawatchclass 2
Horseshoe Mountain13,898'72Tenmile Rangeclass 1
"Phoenix Peak"13,895'73San Juan class 1
Vermilion Peak13,894'74San Juanclass 2
Cronin Peak13,870'75Sawatch class 2
Mount Buckskin13,865'76Tenmmile Range class 2
Vestal Peak13,864'77San Juan class 2+
Jones Mountain13,860'78San Juan class 2
North Apostle13,860'79Sawatch class 2
Clinton Peak13,857'80Tenmile Range class 2
Dyer Mountain13,855'81Tenmile Rangeclass 2
Crystal Peak13,85282Tenmile Rangeclass 2
Mount Edwards13,850' 83 Front Range class 1
California Peak13,849'84Sangre De Cristoclass 1
Mount Oklahoma 13,845'85Sawatch class 2
"Atlantic Peak"13,841'86Tenmile Rangeclass 2
Hagerman Peak13,84187Elk Range class 2+
Half Peak13,84188San Juan class 2
Turret Peak13,835'89San Juan class 2+
Point 13,83213,832'90San Juan class 2
Holy Cross Ridge13,831' 91 San Juan class 2
Jupiter Mountain13,830'92 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"13,823'95Sawatch class 2
Mount Silverheels13,822'96Tenmile Range class 1
Rio Grande Pyramid13,821' 97San Juan class 2
Teakettle Mountain13,819'98San Juan class 5.3
Point 13,81113,811'99San Juan class 1
Dallas Peak13,809'100San Juan class 5.3

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