Collegiate Peaks Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Collegiate Peaks
central Sawatch Range
View of the Collegiate Peaks from near the Arkansas River just south of Chalk Creek.
Highest point
Peak	Mount Harvard
Elevation	14,427 ft (4,397 m)
Dimensions
Length	34 mi (55 km) W-E
Width	30 mi (48 km) N-S
Area	587 sq mi (1,520 km²)
Geography
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Chaffee and Pitkin
Parent range	Sawatch Range, Rocky Mountains

The Collegiate Peaks (or Collegiate Range) is a name given to a section of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. Drainages to the east include headwaters of the Arkansas River.

The Collegiate Peaks include some of the highest mountains in the Rockies. The section is so named because several of the mountains are named for prominent universities.

Prominent peaks

Summits of the Collegiate Peaks With At Least 100 Meters of Topographic Prominence
Rank	Mountain Peak	Elevation	Prominence	Isolation
1	Mount Harvard NGS	&1000000000000439560000014,421 ft 4396 m	&100000000000007092699992,327 ft 709 m	&1000000000002401000000014.92 mi 24.0 km
2	La Plata Peak	&1000000000000437169999914,343 ft 4372 m	&100000000000005611369991,841 ft 561 m	&100000000000101000000006.28 mi 10.10 km
3	Mount Belford NGS	&1000000000000432940499914,204 ft 4329 m	&100000000000004014220001,317 ft 401 m	&100000000000053100000003.30 mi 5.31 km
4	Mount Princeton NGS	&1000000000000432930000014,204 ft 4329 m	&100000000000006570000002,156 ft 657 m	Template:Number table sorting/negative–
5	Mount Yale NGS	&1000000000000432881000014,202 ft 4329 m	&100000000000005718049991,876 ft 572 m	&100000000000089300000005.55 mi 8.93 km
6	Mount Oxford NGS	&1000000000000431589999914,160 ft 4316 m	&10000000000000192937999633 ft 193 m	&100000000000019700000001.22 mi 1.97 km
7	Mount Columbia NGS	&1000000000000429140999914,079 ft 4291 m	&10000000000000266089999873 ft 266 m	&100000000000030500000001.90 mi 3.05 km
8	Missouri Mountain NGS	&1000000000000428980000014,074 ft 4290 m	&10000000000000252069999827 ft 252 m	&100000000000021100000001.31 mi 2.11 km
9	Huron Peak NGS	&1000000000000427081000014,012 ft 4271 m	&100000000000004276340001,403 ft 428 m	&100000000000051600000003.21 mi 5.16 km
10	Grizzly Peak NGS	&1000000000000426560000013,995 ft 4266 m	&100000000000005815579991,908 ft 582 m	&100000000000108900000006.77 mi 10.89 km
11	Ice Mountain PB	&1000000000000425430199913,958 ft 4254 m	&10000000000000302057000991 ft 302 m	&100000000000033900000002.11 mi 3.39 km
12	Mount Hope PB	&1000000000000424869999913,939 ft 4249 m	&10000000000000259994000853 ft 260 m	&100000000000046800000002.91 mi 4.68 km
13	Emerald Peak PB	&1000000000000424002199913,911 ft 4240 m	&10000000000000165811000544 ft 166 m	&100000000000020900000001.30 mi 2.09 km
14	North Apostle PB	&1000000000000422047599913,847 ft 4220 m	&10000000000000109727999360 ft 110 m	&100000000000005900000000.37 mi 0.59 km
15	Rinker Peak PB	&1000000000000420300600013,789 ft 4203 m	&10000000000000275233999903 ft 275 m	&100000000000024600000001.53 mi 2.46 km
16	Peak 13,762 (Silver King Peak) PB	&1000000000000419672900013,769 ft 4197 m	&10000000000000250545999822 ft 251 m	&100000000000027200000001.69 mi 2.72 km
17	Garfield Peak PB	&1000000000000419608899913,767 ft 4196 m	&10000000000000103632000340 ft 104 m	&100000000000013400000000.83 mi 1.34 km
18	Sayres Benchmark NGS PB	&1000000000000418939999913,745 ft 4189 m	&10000000000000291997999958 ft 292 m	&100000000000030900000001.92 mi 3.09 km
19	Sewanee Peak	&1000000000000400259999913,132 ft 4003 m	&10000000000000164000000538 ft 164 m	&100000000000011800000000.73 mi 1.18 km

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Prominent peaks