Grizzly Peak (Colorado)

Grizzly Peak (Colorado)

Infobox Mountain
Name = Grizzly Peak
Photo =
Caption=
Elevation = Convert|13988|ft|m|0|abbr=on
Location = Colorado, USA
Range = Sawatch Range
Prominence = Convert|1928|ft|m|0|abbr=on
Coordinates = coord|39|2|33|N|106|35|49|W|type:mountain_region:US
Topographic
USGS Independence Pass
Type =
Age = Oligocene (~ 24–33 million yrs)
Easiest route = Class 2+ scrambling

Grizzly Peak is a mountain in Colorado, the highest thirteener (a peak between Convert|13000|ft|m|-2 and Convert|13999|ft|m|-2 feet in elevation) in the state. The mountain is composed of andesite lava flows and breccias of Oligocene age. [cite web | title = GSA Program for 1999 Annual Meeting, Continental Divide - Sawatch Range and James Peak, Colorado | url= http://www.geoscapesphotography.com/GSA-1999Annualmeeting.htm | accessdate = 2007-03-03 ] It is located in the Sawatch Range on the Continental Divide, on the border between Pitkin County and Chaffee County. 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 Convert|14000|ft|m|-2|abbr=on|abbr=on|abbr=on and it was believed to be a fourteener, but more recent and accurate surveys have dropped it below that threshold.

Surprisingly, 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: [cite web | title = Colorado’s Summits – 13,000 to 13,999 feet | url= http://www.climb.mountains.com/Project_Island_files/CO_13ers.shtml | accessdate = 2007-03-02 ]

ee also

*Colorado 4000 meter peaks
*Colorado mountain peaks
*Colorado mountain ranges
*Mountain peaks of Colorado
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain peaks of the United States
*Southern Rocky Mountains

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