East Spanish Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 12,688 ft (3,867 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 2,383 ft (726 m)[2] |
Parent peak | West Spanish Peak[2] |
Isolation | 4.21 mi (6.78 km)[2] |
Listing | Colorado prominent summits |
Coordinates | 37°23′36″N 104°55′12″W / 37.393404°N 104.9200632°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Huerfano and Las Animas counties, Colorado, United States[4] |
Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Spanish Peaks[2] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Spanish Peaks, Colorado[3] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | West Ridge: hike/scramble class 2 |
East Spanish Peak is a prominent mountain summit that is the lower of the two Spanish Peaks in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,688-foot (3,867 m) peak is located in the Spanish Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.3 miles (14.9 km) southeast by south (bearing 148°) of the Town of La Veta, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Huerfano and Las Animas counties.[1][2][4][3] The Spanish Peaks are two large igneous stocks which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. East Spanish Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude; it is also the easternmost point in the United States over 12,000 feet (3,700 m), 11,000 feet (3,400 m), and 10,000 feet (3,000 m) feet above sea level.