Grizzly Peak (Colorado) - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Grizzly Peak is a mountain in Colorado

Colorado

Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

, the highest thirteener

Thirteener

In mountaineering in the United States, a thirteener is a mountain that exceeds above mean sea level, similar to the more familiar "fourteeners," which exceed...

(a peak between 13000 feet (3,962.4 m) and 13999 feet (4,266.9 m) feet in elevation) in the state. The mountain is composed of andesite

Andesite

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lava

Lava

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flows and breccia

Breccia

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s of Oligocene

Oligocene

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age. It is located in the Sawatch Range

Sawatch Range

The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....

on the Continental Divide

Continental Divide

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, on the border between Pitkin County

Pitkin County, Colorado

Pitkin County is one of the 64 counties of the State of Colorado of the United States. The county is named in honor of the late Colorado Governor Frederick Walker Pitkin. The county population was 14,872 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Aspen...

and Chaffee County

Chaffee County, Colorado

Chaffee County is one of the 64 counties of the state of Colorado of the United States. The county population was 16,242 at U.S. Census 2000. The county seat is Salida.-History:...

. Grizzly Peak is the 54th highest peak in Colorado by most standard definitions, just missing the list of Colorado fourteeners. At one time, the peak's elevation was measured to be over 14000 ft (4,267.2 m) and it was believed to be a fourteener

Fourteener

In mountaineering terminology in the United States, a fourteener is a mountain that exceeds 14,000 feet above mean sea level. There are 547 fourteeners in the world. The importance of fourteeners is greatest in Colorado, which has the majority of such peaks in North America...

, but more recent and accurate surveys have dropped it below that threshold.

Grizzly Peak is not only the name of Colorado's highest thirteener, but the state has four other Grizzly Peaks plus one Grizzly Mountain on the list:

Rank	Mountain	Height	Range
54	Grizzly Peak	13995 ft (4,266 m)	Sawatch Range Sawatch Range The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....
130	Grizzly Peak	13738 ft (4,187 m)	San Juan Mountains San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The area is highly mineralized and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and...
142	Grizzly Mountain	13708 ft (4,178 m)	Sawatch Range Sawatch Range The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....
145	Grizzly Peak	13700 ft (4,176 m)	San Juan Mountains San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains are a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The area is highly mineralized and figured in the gold and silver mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and...
302	Grizzly Peak	13427 ft (4,093 m)	Front Range Front Range The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the north-central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encountered moving west along the 40th parallel north across...
415	Grizzly Peak	13281 ft (4,048 m)	Sawatch Range Sawatch Range The Sawatch Range is a mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies....

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