| Braddock Peak | |
| Elevation Ft: | 11972 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 210 |
| Prominence Ref: | [2] |
| Isolation Mi: | 0.62 |
| Parent Peak: | Mount Mahler (12,497 ft) |
| Range: | Never Summer Mountains |
| Location: | Jackson County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Map: | Colorado |
| Coordinates: | 40.48°N -105.9128°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Richthofen, Colorado |
Braddock Peak is a mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11972feet peak is located in State Forest State Park, 4.8km (03miles) south-southwest (bearing 201°) of Cameron Pass in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.[1] [3]
Braddock Peak lies 1.3miles east-northeast of Seven Utes Mountain, 1.3miles west of Snow Lake, and 1.7miles north of the boundary of Routt National Forest and the Never Summer Wilderness.[3]
It is named after 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 750sqmi of the northern Front Range, including the summit named after 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.[4]
Descriptions of hiking routes in this area that predate adoption of the Braddock Peak name refer to this summit as Point 11,960.[5]