14er Patches

Mount 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.

Mount Lincoln, along with its neighbors Cameron, Democrat and Bross, is pockmarked with old silver mines. It is located in Park County. Elevation 14,286 feet.

Mount Bross is located in Pike National Forest . It is often climbed together with Mount Lincoln and nearby Mount Democrat. Elevation 14,172 feet.

Mount Antero is prized for its gemstone deposits and has one of the highest concentrations of aquamarine in the country. Elevation 14,269 feet.

The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer. Elevation 14,156 feet.

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

Humboldt Peak is located near Westcliffe and was named in honor of German naturalist and explorer Alexander von Humboldt. Elevation 14,064 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.

Below the steep North Face of Blanca Peak two live Glaciers once developed, until extinction sometime after 1903. Elevation 14,345 feet.

Uncompahgre 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.

The 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.