Capitol Peak (Colorado)

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Capitol Peak
Capitol Peak CO.jpg
Capitol Peak, from Capitol Lake
Highest point
Elevation 14,137 ft (4309 m) [1] NAVD88
Prominence 1750 ft (533 m) [1]
Isolation 7.44 mi (11.98 km) [1]
Listing Colorado 4000 meter summits
Colorado Fourteener
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Geography
Capitol Peak is located in Colorado
Capitol Peak
Capitol Peak
Location Pitkin County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range Elk Mountains[1]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Capitol Peak, Colorado[2]
Climbing
First ascent 1909 by Percy Hagerman and Harold Clark
Easiest route Northeast "Knife" Ridge: exposed Scramble, class 4

Capitol Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,137-foot (4,309 m) fourteener is located in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) east by south (bearing 104°) of the community of Redstone in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.[1][3][2]

Mountain

Capitol Peak, referred to by some locals as Caps Lock Peak, lies on the long ridge connecting the heart of the Elk Mountains with Mount Sopris to the northwest. Capitol Peak is notable for its impressive vertical relief, rising nearly 9,000 feet above the Roaring Fork Valley.

Capitol Peak is one of the most difficult of Colorado's fourteeners to climb. The only non-technical route, the Northeast Ridge, requires crossing the famously exposed "Knife Edge," the northeast ridge of Capitol. Fatalities have occurred on this route. Other routes require technical rock climbing, for example, the Northwest Buttress Route (Grade IV, Class 5.9). These routes have significant rockfall danger due to a great deal of loose rock; however the rock is substantially more solid than on the more famous Maroon Bells or on Pyramid Peak.[4]

Capitol Peak Knife Edge

Historical names

  • Capital Peak
  • Capitol Peak [3]

See also

References

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Further reading

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