14er Patches

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.

This peak above Chicago Basin in the San Juan Mountains was named not for the winds that can rake it, but for William Windom, a U.S. Senator and politician from Minnesota. Elevation 14,082 feet.

This peak is named for a Ute Indian tribe that used to roam its base. Shavano is separated from Tabeguache Peak by a 1 1/4-mile long ridge, and they are often climbed together. Elevation 14,155 feet.

This was named by the Wheeler survey after the famous peak in Switzerland, and it remotely resembles that icon. Wetterhorn Peak looms above the Matterhorn basin below. Elevation 14,015 feet.

This is the tallest of the San Juan's. Uncompahgre is a Ute Indian word meaning 'hot (unca) water (pah) spring (gre),' There are Hot Springs nearby in the town of Ouray. Elevation 14,309 feet.

This peak high in the San Juan's above the old mining structures in the Silver Pick Basin was named for AD Wilson, a chief cartographer with the Hayden survey. Elevation 14,017 feet.

The lowest 14er in North America, Sunshine Peak is joined to Redcloud Peak by an easy ridge in the San Juan Mountains. Elevation 14,001 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.

The Diamond on Longs east face produced some of Colorado's 1st big wall ascents. Broadway and the Notch Couloir are prominent features on its 2,000-foot high face. Elevation 14,255 feet.

To the south of Huron lies the central couloir on Ice Mountain of the Three Apostles. Admitted late as a 14er, Huron Peak is the same height as Mt. of the Holy Cross. Elevation 14,005 feet.