| Mount Massive | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,428 ft (4398 m)[1] NAVD88 |
| Prominence | 1,961 ft (598 m)[1] |
| Isolation | 5.06 mi (8.14 km)[1] |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 39°11′15″N 106°28′33″W / 39.1874645°N 106.4756995°W[2] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Massive | |
| Location | Lake County, Colorado, U.S.[3] |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Highest summit of the Massive Massif[1] |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Massive, Colorado[2] |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1873 by Henry Gannett |
| Easiest route | East 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]
- ^ a b c d e "Mount Massive, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 30, 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Mount Massive". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- ^ "Mt. Massive Routes". 14ers.com.
- ^ "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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