Capitol Peak | |
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![]() Capitol Peak, from Capitol Lake | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,137 ft (4309 m)[1][2] NAVD88 |
Prominence | 1750 ft (533 m)[2] |
Isolation | 7.44 mi (11.98 km)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 39°09′01″N 107°04′59″W / 39.1502596°N 107.0829396°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Pitkin County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
Parent range | Elk Mountains[2] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Capitol Peak, Colorado[3] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1909 by Percy Hagerman and Harold Clark[1] |
Easiest route | Northeast Ridge: Climb, class 4[5] |
Capitol Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. It is the 52nd highest mountain in North America. The 14,137-foot (4,309 m) fourteener is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) east by south (bearing 104°) of the community of Redstone in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.[2][4][3]