Ellingwood Point | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,048 ft (4,282 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 342 ft (104 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Blanca Peak[2] |
Isolation | 0.52 mi (0.84 km)[2] |
Listing | Colorado Fourteener 42nd |
Coordinates | 37°34′57″N 105°29′33″W / 37.5825045°N 105.4925114°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Alamosa and Huerfano counties, Colorado, United States[3] |
Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif[2] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Blanca Peak, Colorado[3] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | South Face: Difficult Hike, class 2[4] |
Ellingwood Point is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,048-foot (4,282 m) fourteener is located on the Sierra Blanca Massif, 9.9 miles (16.0 km) north by east (bearing 7°) of the Town of Blanca, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating the Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from the San Isabel National Forest and Huerfano County.[1][2][3] Ellingwood Point was named in honor of Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular.