Mount Blaurock facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Mount Blaurock |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,623 ft (4,152 m) |
| Prominence | 436 ft (133 m) |
| Isolation | 1.62 mi (2.61 km) |
| Parent peak | La Plata Peak |
| Geography | |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Elbert, Colorado |
Mount Blaurock is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,623-foot (4,152 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 21.1 miles (33.9 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. Mount Blaurock was named in honor of Carl Blaurock, a co-founder of the Colorado Mountain Club and one of the first two persons to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners.
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