14er Patches

Botanist 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.

Above the South Colony Lakes are the big walls of the Crestone Needle and the wild gendarmes of the ridge to Crestone Peak. Crestone is Spanish for 'cockscomb.' Elevation 14,197 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.

It is an airy move to get to the summit of this Needle Range peak that is flanked by Eolus and Windom. It was named for the rays of sunshine that pass through the spires on its ridges. Elevation 14,059 feet.

Snowmass Mountain is named for the large snowfield that lies on its eastern slopes. It lies along the border between Pitkin and Gunnison counties, west of Aspen and southwest of the town of Snowmass Village. Elevation 14,092 feet.

The San Luis Peak is situated rather far to the east of the other fourteeners in the San Juans, and has more of a wilderness setting than many of the others. Elevation 14,014 feet.

Mount Yale is part of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Elevation 14,196 feet.

Mount Shavano is famous for the Angel of Shavano, a snow formation in the image of an angel that emerges on the east face of the mountain during snow melt each spring. Elevation 14,229 feet.

Named after the Greek god of the wind, the mountain was originally referred to as "Aeolus" in the 1874. It is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains. Elevation 14,083 feet.

Mount Elbert is located near Leadville and is the highest summit in the rockies. Elevation 14,433 feet.

Mount Columbia is part of the Collegiate Peaks near Buena Vista. Elevation 14,073 feet.