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]
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]