Little Bear Peak | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,037 ft (4,278 m)[1][2] |
Prominence | 377 ft (115 m)[2] |
Parent peak | Blanca Peak[2] |
Isolation | 0.96 mi (1.54 km)[2] |
Listing | Colorado Fourteener 44th |
Coordinates | 37°34′00″N 105°29′50″W / 37.5666715°N 105.4972339°W[3] |
Geography | |
Location | Alamosa and Costilla counties, Colorado, United States[3] |
Parent range | Sangre de Cristo Range, Sierra Blanca Massif[2] |
Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Blanca Peak, Colorado[3] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | The 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.