Ellingwood Point

Infobox Mountain
Name = Ellingwood Point
Photo = MtBlancaEast.jpg
Caption = View of Blanca Peak (left) and Ellingwood Point (center) from summit of Mount Lindsey
Elevation = 14,042 ft (4,280 m)
Location = Colorado, USA
Range = Sangre de Cristo Range
Prominence = 342 ft (104 m)
Coordinates = coor dms|37|34|57|N|105|29|31|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Blanca Peak (CO)
First ascent =
Easiest route = Class 2 scramble

Ellingwood Point, or Ellingwood Peak, is a fourteener in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Range, approximately 1/2 mile (1 km) northwest of Blanca Peak. It lies on the border between Alamosa County and Huerfano County. It is named for Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular.

Ellingwood Point only barely qualifies as an independent peak under the 300 foot topographic prominence cutoff which is standard in Colorado. It is also quite close to its parent peak, Blanca Peak. Hence its inclusion in fourteener lists has been somewhat controversial. However most authorities do consider it a true fourteener.Louis W. Dawson II, "Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2", Blue Clover Press, 1996, ISBN 0-9628867-2-6] Because of its proximity to Blanca Peak, it is often climbed together with that peak in a single day.

ee also

*Colorado fourteeners
*Colorado mountain peaks
*Colorado mountain ranges
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain peaks of the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150451/ellingwood-point.html Ellingwood Point on Summitpost]