Mount Belford
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| Mount Belford | |
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| Elevation | 14,203 ft (4,329 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 1,317 ft (401 m) [2] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener |
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 Mount Belford
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| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
| Range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks |
| Coordinates | 38°57′38″N 106°21′39″W / 38.96056°N 106.36083°WCoordinates: 38°57′38″N 106°21′39″W / 38.96056°N 106.36083°W[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Harvard |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Mount Belford is a mountain peak over fourteen thousand feet in elevation in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Collegiate Peaks, a group of mountains in the central Sawatch Range, just west of the Arkansas River in Chaffee County. It lies near Mount Oxford and Missouri Mountain, and is often climbed in conjunction with one or both of these peaks.[3]
Mount Belford is located in the San Isabel National Forest.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Mt Belford". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=JL0884. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ "Mount Belford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5747. Retrieved 2011-02-23.
- ^ Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.
