Mount Massive

Mount Massive
Highest point
Elevation14,428 ft (4398 m)[1]
NAVD88
Prominence1,961 ft (598 m)[1]
Isolation5.06 mi (8.14 km)[1]
Listing
Coordinates39°11′15″N 106°28′33″W / 39.1874645°N 106.4756995°W / 39.1874645; -106.4756995[2]
Geography
Mount Massive is located in Colorado
Mount Massive
Mount Massive
LocationLake County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSawatch Range, Highest summit
of the Massive Massif[1]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Massive, Colorado[2]
Climbing
First ascent1873 by Henry Gannett
Easiest routeEast Slopes: Hike, class 2[4]

Mount Massive (Arapaho: Hiwoxuu hookuhu'ee) is the second-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,428-foot (4,398 m) fourteener of the Sawatch Range is located in the Mount Massive Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) west-southwest (bearing 247°) of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States. Mount Massive edges out the third-highest summit of the Rockies, Mount Harvard, by 7 feet (2.1 m), but falls short of Mount Elbert by 12 feet (3.7 m). It ranks as the third-highest peak in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney and Mount Elbert.[a][1][3][2][5]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Mount Massive, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Mount Massive". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Massive". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mt. Massive Routes". 14ers.com.
  5. ^ "Colorado Places: Their Native American Names". Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS). 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2024-01-12.


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