Little Bear Peak

Little Bear Peak
Little Bear Peak from the Southwest Ridge
Highest point
Elevation14,037 ft (4,278 m)[1][2]
Prominence377 ft (115 m)[2]
Parent peakBlanca Peak[2]
Isolation0.96 mi (1.54 km)[2]
ListingColorado Fourteener 44th
Coordinates37°34′00″N 105°29′50″W / 37.5666715°N 105.4972339°W / 37.5666715; -105.4972339[3]
Geography
Little Bear Peak is located in Colorado
Little Bear Peak
Little Bear Peak
LocationAlamosa and Costilla counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent rangeSangre de Cristo Range,
Sierra Blanca Massif[2]
Topo map(s)USGS 7.5' topographic map
Blanca Peak, Colorado[3]
Climbing
Easiest routeThe Hourglass: Climb, class 4[4]

Little Bear Peak is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,043-foot (4,280 m) fourteener is located on the Sierra Blanca Massif, 8.8 miles (14.2 km) north by east (bearing 6°) of the Town of Blanca, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant and Costilla County.[1][2][3] Little Bear lies 0.96 miles (1.54 km) southwest of Blanca Peak, the ultra prominent fourteener that is the highest point of the massif.

  1. ^ a b The elevation of Little Bear Peak includes an adjustment of +1.733 m (+5.69 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Little Bear Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Little Bear Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. ^ "Little Bear Peak Routes". 14ers.com.