Mount Columbia (Colorado)
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| Mount Columbia | |
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_-_2004-08-07.jpg) Mount Columbia as seen from Mount Harvard |
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| Elevation | 14,077 ft (4,291 m) NAVD 88[1] |
| Prominence | 873 ft (266 m) [2] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener |
| Location | |
 Mount Columbia
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| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, USA |
| Range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks |
| Coordinates | 38°54′14″N 106°17′51″W / 38.90389°N 106.2975°WCoordinates: 38°54′14″N 106°17′51″W / 38.90389°N 106.2975°W[1] |
| Topo map | USGS Mount Columbia |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1916 by Roger Toll |
| Easiest route | Scramble |
- For other mountains by this name, see Mount Columbia (disambiguation).
Mount Columbia is a mountain in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness, in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. At 14,077 feet, it is one of Colorado's fourteeners. Along with nearby Mount Harvard, Mount Yale, Mount Princeton, and Mount Oxford, Mount Columbia is one of the five Collegiate Peaks; it is named for Columbia University.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Columbia Pk". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=JL0878. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
- ^ "Mount Columbial, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5755. Retrieved 2011-02-22.
[edit] External links
- Mt. Columbia and Mt. Harvard on 14ers.com
- Mount Columbia on Summitpost
- Photo Journal of Trip up Mount Columbia
- Mount Columbia on Distantpeak.com
- Mount Columbia on Bivouac
