Wilson Peak is a 14,023-foot mountain peak located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of the Uncompahgre National Forest, in the northwestern San Juan Mountains. It is the highest point in San Miguel County.
$5.00Botanist Charles C. Parry made the first recorded ascent of the summit in 1861 and named the peak in honor of his botanist colleague Asa Gray. Elevation 14,270 feet.
$5.00The Colorado Trail is a long-distance trail running for 486 miles (782 km) from the mouth of Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver to Durango.
$5.00Tabeguache, "tab-uh-wash," lies just east of the Continental Divide and just west of the Arkansas River, in the south-central part of the Sawatch Range. It is located within the San Isabel National Forest and is in Chaffee County. Elevation 14,155 feet.
$5.00This fourteener is located in the Mount Evans Wilderness of Pike National Forest, 9.4 miles east of Georgetown. Elevation 14,060 feet.
$5.00Uncompahgre Peak is the sixth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains. The prominent 14,321 foot fourteener is the highest summit of the San Juan Mountains and the highest point in the drainage basin of the Colorado River and the Gulf of California.
$5.00The first European to ascend Torreys Peak, botanist Charles C. Parry, named the peak for his botanist colleague John Torrey. Torrey's is frequently mentioned in conjunction with Grays Peak.
$5.00Quandary Peak is the highest summit of the Tenmile Range in the rockies and is the most commonly climbed fourteener in Colorado. It has nearly the same elevation as Castle Peak and Mount Blue Sky. Elevation 14,265 feet.
$5.00Mount Wilson is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness of the Uncompahgre National Forest. The original indigenous name for the mountain was Shandoka, which translates to "Storm Maker", a reference to the peak's effect on local weather patterns.
$5.00Mount Massive is located near Leadville in the Sawatch Range. Its name comes from its elongated shape: it has five summits, all above 14,000 ft. Elevation 14,421 feet.
$5.00Mount Evans is now officially Mount Blue Sky after controversy came from its naming after former governor's involvement in the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. Elevation 14,264 feet.
$5.00The mountain is named for its symmetrical profile resemblance to Mount Etna, the famous volcano in Sicily. Elevation 13,745-foot.
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