Mount Harvard

Mount Harvard
Harvard as viewed from a boulder field in the Horn Fork Basin. The true summit is right above the snowfield seen roughly in the middle of the photo.
Highest point
Elevation14,421 ft (4395.6 m)[1]
NAVD88
Prominence2360 ft (719 m)[2]
Isolation14.92 mi (24.0 km)[2]
Listing
Coordinates38°55′28″N 106°19′15″W / 38.9244084°N 106.3207352°W / 38.9244084; -106.3207352[1]
Geography
Mount Harvard is located in Colorado
Mount Harvard
Mount Harvard
LocationHigh point of Chaffee County, Colorado, United States[2]
Parent rangeSawatch Range, Highest summit
of the Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Harvard, Colorado[3]
Climbing
First ascentAugust 19, 1869 (first recorded)
Easiest routeSouth Slopes: Hike, class 2[4]

Mount Harvard is the third highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,421-foot (4395.6 m) fourteener is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks and the fourth highest summit in the contiguous United States. Mount Harvard is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 11.7 miles (18.9 km) northwest by west (bearing 304°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Harvard is the highest point in Chaffee County and is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. The mountain was named in honor of Harvard University.[1][a][2][3]

Harvard viewed from lower in the Horn Fork Basin
  1. ^ a b c "HARVARD". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Mount Harvard, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved December 31, 2015.
  3. ^ a b "Mount Harvard". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
  4. ^ "Mt. Harvard Routes". 14ers.com.


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