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Mount Elbert is the highest peak of both the State of Colorado and the Rocky Mountains of North America.

This article comprises three sortable tables of the major mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado.

Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a precise mathematical model of the Earth's sea level as an equipotential gravitational surface. Topographic prominence is the elevation difference between the summit and the highest or key col to a higher summit. Topographic isolation is the minimum great circle distance to a point of higher elevation.

This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 ft) of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1,500 meters (4,921 ft) of topographic prominence. There are three ultra-prominent summits in Colorado.

All elevations in this article include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey note.

Highest major summits

The following sortable table lists the 55 highest Colorado mountain peaks with at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence. Each of these 55 summits exceeds 4,000 meters (13,123 ft) elevation.

Note: Compare this table with the List of Colorado fourteeners which includes peaks with at least 4,267.2 meters (14,000 ft) of elevation and at least 91.44 meters (300 ft) of topographic prominence. The 11 highest peaks are the same on both lists, but this list of 4000 meter peaks excludes low prominence summits like Torreys Peak, and includes high prominence, although slightly lower, peaks like Mount Ouray.

Most prominent summits

The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically prominent Colorado mountain peaks.

Most isolated major summits

The following sortable table lists the 50 most topographically isolated Colorado mountain peaks with at least 500 meters (1,640 ft) of topographic prominence.

Gallery

Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains	Mount Massive in the Sawatch Range is the second highest peak of the Rocky Mountains	Mount Harvard is the highest of the Collegiate Peaks and the third highest peak of the Rocky Mountains	La Plata Peak in the Collegiate Peaks is the fourth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains
A remnant of an enormous stratovolcano, Blanca Peak is the highest peak of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and the second most topographically isolated peak of Colorado	Uncompahgre Peak is the highest peak of the San Juan Mountains and the sixth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains	Crestone Peak is the highest peak of the Crestones and the seventh highest peak of the Rocky Mountains	Mount Lincoln is the highest peak of the Mosquito Range and the eighth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains
Castle Peak is the highest peak of the Elk Mountains and the ninth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains	Grays Peak is the highest peak of the Front Range and the tenth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains	Pikes Peak is the second most topographically prominent mountain peak of Colorado	This photograph of the legendary Mount of the Holy Cross was taken by William Henry Jackson in 1874

See also

• Lists of mountains
  • List of mountains of the United States
    • List of mountains of Colorado
      • List of Colorado fourteeners
• Mountain peaks of North America
  • Mountain peaks of Greenland
  • Mountain peaks of Canada
  • Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
  • Mountain peaks of the United States
    • Mountain peaks of Alaska
    • Mountain peaks of California
    • Mountain peaks of Colorado
      • The 100 highest major summits of Colorado
  • Mountain peaks of México
  • Mountain peaks of Central America
  • Mountain peaks of the Caribbean
• Physical geography
  • Topography
    • Topographic elevation
    • Topographic isolation
    • Topographic prominence
    • Topographic summit
• Rocky Mountains
  • Southern Rocky Mountains
• State of Colorado
  • Geography of Colorado
    • Mountain ranges of Colorado
    • Mountain passes of Colorado
    • Category:Mountains of Colorado
      • commons:Category:Mountains of Colorado

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