Mount Belford Explained

Mount Belford
Elevation Ft:14199.6
Elevation System:NAPGD2022
Elevation Ref:[1]
Prominence Ft:1337
Prominence Ref:[2]
Isolation Mi:3.30
Map:Colorado
Listing:Colorado Fourteener 19th
Location:Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Range:Sawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks
Parent Peak:Mount Harvard
Coordinates:38.9607°N -106.3607°W
Coordinates Ref:[4]
Topo:USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Harvard, Colorado
Easiest Route:Northwest Ridge: Hike, [5]

Mount Belford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14199.6feet fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 24.1km (15miles) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[4] [2] [3]

Climbing

Mount Belford lies near Mount Oxford and Missouri Mountain, and is often climbed in conjunction with one or both of these peaks.[6] The standard route is rated Class 2.[7]

Climate

See also

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Notes and References

  1. 10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8. free. Moving mountains: reevaluating the elevations of Colorado mountain summits using modern geodetic techniques. April 2024. Kevin . Ahlgren. Brian. Shaw. Van Westrum . Derek . Journal of Geodesy. 98. 29.
  2. 5747. Mount Belford, Colorado. October 20, 2014.
  3. 189170. Mount Belford. October 29, 2014.
  4. JL0884. MT BELFORD. October 20, 2014.
  5. Web site: Mt. Belford Routes . 14ers.com .
  6. Book: Louis W. Dawson II . Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1 . Blue Clover Press . 1996 . 0-9628867-1-8 . registration .
  7. Web site: Belford, Oxford and Missouri Routes . 2024-11-02 . 14ers.com . en.