Mount Columbia (Colorado)

For the Canadian fourteener, see Mount Columbia (Canada).
Mount Columbia
Mount Columbia as seen from Mount Harvard
Highest point
Elevation14,077 ft (4,291 m)[1][2]
Prominence893 ft (272 m)[3]
Parent peakMount Harvard
Isolation1.90 mi (3.06 km)[3]
ListingColorado Fourteener 35th
Coordinates38°54′14″N 106°17′51″W / 38.9039357°N 106.2974989°W / 38.9039357; -106.2974989[1]
Geography
Mount Columbia is located in Colorado
Mount Columbia
Mount Columbia
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Columbia, Colorado[1]
Climbing
First ascent1916 by Roger Toll[citation needed]
Easiest routeWest Slopes: Hike, class 2[5]

Mount Columbia is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,077-foot (4,291 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.9 miles (16.0 km) northwest by west (bearing 301°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named by Roger W. Toll in honor of his alma mater, Columbia University,[1][2][3][4] and in commemoration of its rowing victory at the renowned Henley Royal Regatta in 1878.[6]

  1. ^ a b c d "COLUMBIA PK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ^ a b The elevation of Mount Columbia includes an adjustment of +2.081 m (+6.83 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. ^ a b c d "Mount Columbia, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Columbia". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ^ "Mt. Columbia Routes". 14ers.com.
  6. ^ "Mount Columbia". Columbia Spectator. Vol. III, no. 1. New York, NY: Columbia Spectator. 1 Oct 1878. p. 3. Retrieved 24 June 2016.