Missouri Mountain | |
Elevation Ft: | 14074 |
Elevation Ref: | [1] [2] |
Prominence Ft: | 847 |
Prominence Ref: | [3] |
Isolation Mi: | 1.31 |
Listing: | Colorado Fourteener 36th |
Location: | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
Range: | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks |
Map: | Colorado |
Coordinates: | 38.9476°N -106.3785°W |
Topo: | USGS 7.5' topographic map Winfield, Colorado |
Easiest Route: | Northwest Ridge: Hike, [5] |
Missouri Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14074feet fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 24.5km (15.2miles) northwest by west (bearing 302°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1] [2] [3] [4] Missouri Mountain is separated from its eastern neighbor Mount Belford by Elkhead Pass (13,220 feet).[6]
The standard route to the top is rated class 2.[7]