"La Plata" is Spanish for "The Silver", a reference to the many silver deposits in the area. Elevation 14,336 feet.

The mountain is named in honor of frontiersman Christopher Houston "Kit" Carson. The Crestones are a cluster of high summits in the Sangre de Cristo Range. Elevation 14,165 feet.

Handies Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the San Juan Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains. Elevation 14,048 feet.

Ellingwood Point was named in honor of Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular. Elevation 14,042 feet.

Capitol Peak lies on the long ridge connecting the heart of the Elk Mountains with Mount Sopris to the northwest. Elevation 14,130 feet.