Mount Belford

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Mount Belford
Mt. belford north approach.jpg
Highest point
Elevation14,203 ft (4,329 m)[1][2]
Prominence1,337 ft (408 m)[3]
Parent peakMount Harvard[3]
Isolation3.30 mi (5.31 km)[3]
ListingColorado Fourteener 19th
Coordinates38°57′38″N 106°21′39″W / 38.9606876°N 106.360707°W / 38.9606876; -106.360707Coordinates: 38°57′38″N 106°21′39″W / 38.9606876°N 106.360707°W / 38.9606876; -106.360707[1]
Geography
Mount Belford is located in Colorado
Mount Belford
Mount Belford
Colorado
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Harvard, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Mount Belford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,203-foot (4,329 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4]

Climbing[]

Mount Belford lies near Mount Oxford and Missouri Mountain, and is often climbed in conjunction with one or both of these peaks.[5]

See also[]

  • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
    • List of Colorado fourteeners

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d "MT BELFORD". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. ^ a b The elevation of Mount Belford includes an adjustment of +2.081 m (+6.83 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Mount Belford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. ^ a b "Mount Belford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. ^ Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.

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