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Grizzly Peak
Grizzly Peak is located in Colorado
Grizzly Peak
Grizzly Peak
Location in Colorado
Highest point
Elevation 13,995 ft (4265.6 m) NAVD88
Prominence 1928 ft (588 m)
Isolation 6.77 mi (10.89 km)
Listing
Geography
Location Continental Divide between
Chaffee and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States
Parent range Sawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Independence Pass, Colorado
Geology
Age of rock Oligocene (~ 24–33 million yrs)
Climbing
Easiest route Scramble, class 2+

Grizzly Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,995-foot (4265.6 m) thirteener is located 2.6 miles (4.2 km) south-southwest (bearing 202°) of Independence Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from White River National Forest and Pitkin County.

Elevation

Grizzly Peak is the highest summit in the United States less than 14,000 feet (4,267.2 m), making it the highest thirteener in the country. At one time, the peak's elevation was measured to be over 14,000 feet and was believed to be a fourteener, but more recent and accurate surveys have dropped it below that threshold.

Geology

The mountain is composed of andesite lava flows and breccias of Oligocene age.

Historical names

  • Grizzly Mountain
  • Grizzly Peak

Other summits with same name

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 13,995 ft (4,266 m) Sawatch Range
130 Grizzly Peak 13,738 ft (4,187 m) San Juan Mountains
142 Grizzly Mountain 13,708 ft (4,178 m) Sawatch Range
145 Grizzly Peak 13,700 ft (4,176 m) San Juan Mountains
302 Grizzly Peak 13,427 ft (4,093 m) Front Range
415 Grizzly Peak 13,281 ft (4,048 m) Sawatch Range
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