Braddock Peak

Infobox Mountain
Name = Braddock Peak
Photo =
Caption = View of Braddock Peak from near the summit of Mount Mahler; Clark Peak can be seen on the horizon (August 29, 2004). Photo by Andy Leach [cite web|url=http://www.andyintherockies.com/|title=Andy in the Rockies|accessdate=2008-09-11] , used here by permission.
Elevation = convert|11972|ft|mcite web|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:2496980|title= Feature Detail Report|accessdate=2008-09-10|work=USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]
Location = Jackson County, Colorado, United States
Range = Never Summer Range
Coordinates = coord|40|28|48|N|105|54|46|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Mount Richthofen

Braddock Peak is located in Jackson County, Colorado in the Colorado State Forest, convert|1.3|mi|km east-northeast of Seven Utes Mountain, convert|1.3|mi|km west of Snow Lake, convert|1.7|mi|km north of the boundary of Routt National Forest and the Never Summer Wilderness.

It is named for Dr. William A. Braddock (1929-2003), Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1958 to 1994. Dr. Braddock and his students geologically mapped over 750 square miles of the northern Front Range, including the summit named for him. He was the principal author of The Geologic Map of Rocky Mountain National Park. Following his retirement, Dr. Braddock taught the lay public about the geology in and around Rocky Mountain National Park. [cite web |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/docs/dockets/ReviewList397.pdf|title= Quarterly Review List 397|accessdate=2008-09-10 | work=United States Board on Geographic Names]

Descriptions of hiking routes in this area that predate adoption of the Braddock Peak name refer to this summit as Point 11,960. [cite web|url=http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/153004/mount-mahler.html|title=Mount Mahler|accessdate=2008-09-10|work=summitpost.org]

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