Mount Yale

Mount Yale
Yale as seen from the Horn Fork Basin
Highest point
Elevation14,200 ft (4328.2 m)[1]
NAVD88
Prominence1896 ft (578 m)[2]
Isolation5.55 mi (8.93 km)[2]
Listing
Coordinates38°50′39″N 106°18′50″W / 38.844207°N 106.3138048°W / 38.844207; -106.3138048[1]
Geography
Mount Yale is located in Colorado
Mount Yale
Mount Yale
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Yale, Colorado[1]
Climbing
First ascentAugust 18, 1869 by William Brewer, William Davis, Robert Moore, S. Sharpless, Josiah Whitney
Easiest routeSouthwest Slopes: Hike, class 2[4]

Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,200-foot (4328.2 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.4 miles (15.2 km) west by north (bearing 276°) of Buena Vista, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of Elihu Yale, the primary benefactor of what is now Yale University.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ a b c d "YALE". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 27, 2014. Note: The summit of Mount Yale is +0.61 m (+2.0 ft) higher than NGS station YALE.
  2. ^ a b c d "Mount Yale, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 6, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Yale". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mt. Yale Routes". 14ers.com.