Maroon Bells

Maroon Bells
Maroon Bells
Highest point
Peak	Maroon Peak
Elevation	4317 m (14163 ft)[1][2] NAVD88
Prominence	712 m (2336 ft)[3]
Isolation	12.97 km (8.06 mi)[3]
Listing	North America highest peaks 49th US highest major peaks 35th Colorado highest major peaks 17th Colorado fourteeners 24th
Coordinates	39°04′15″N 106°59′20″W / 39.0708492°N 106.9889921°W / 39.0708492; -106.9889921[1]
Geography
Maroon Bells Colorado
Location	Gunnison and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States[1]
Parent range	Elk Mountains[4]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Maroon Bells, Colorado[1]
Climbing
First ascent	1890s by C. Wilson
Easiest route	Maroon Peak - South Ridge: Scramble, class 3 North Maroon Peak - Northeast Ridge: Scramble+, class 4[5]

The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer (0.3 miles).^[6] The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres (12 mi) southwest of Aspen. Both peaks are fourteeners. Maroon Peak, at 4,317 metres (14,163 ft), is the 27th highest peak in Colorado. North Maroon Peak, at 4,273 metres (14,019 ft), is the 50th highest (depending on how they are counted). The view of the Maroon Bells to the southwest from the Maroon Creek valley is very heavily photographed. The peaks are located in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest.^[7][8] Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness was one of five areas in Colorado designated as wilderness in the original Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness area surrounds the extremely popular Maroon Bells Scenic Area, which is a major access point for Wilderness travel.^[9]