Mount Columbia, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

Name: Mount Columbia
Address: Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, United States

#3 among attractions in Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

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Mount Columbia is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,077-foot fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.9 miles northwest by west of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named by Roger W. Toll in honor of his alma mater, Columbia University, and in commemoration of its rowing victory at the renowned Henley Royal Regatta in 1878. ()

First ascent: 1916Elevation: 14077 ftProminence: 893 ftCoordinates: 38°54'14"N, 106°17'53"W

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Mount Columbia – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mount Belford, Mount Yale, Mount Oxford, Mount Harvard.

5.2 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Belford, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
132 min walk • Mount Belford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,203-foot fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.0 miles northwest by west of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
4.2 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Yale, Buena Vista
108 min walk • Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
4.7 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Mount Oxford, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
121 min walk • Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,160-foot fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles northwest of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
1.9 miNW
Natural attraction, Trail, Mountain
Mount Harvard, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
48 min walk • Mount Harvard is the third highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,421-foot fourteener is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks and the fourth highest summit in the contiguous United States.
5.3 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Missouri Mountain, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
135 min walk • Missouri Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.
4.8 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Emerald Peak, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
122 min walk • Emerald Peak is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,911-foot thirteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.7 miles west-northwest of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.
1.9 miNW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Collegiate Peaks, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
48 min walk • The Collegiate Peaks is a name given to a section of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. Drainages to the east include headwaters of the Arkansas River.
3.7 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain
Peak 13, Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
95 min walk • The unnamed summit variously known as Peak 13762 or Silver King Peak lies within the Sawatch Range of the Colorado Rockies. Its remoteness and the fact that it is surrounded by several 14,000 foot peaks means that it is rarely climbed.