Ptarmigan Peak (Colorado)

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Ptarmigan Peak
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Ptarmigan Peak viewed from Sapphire Point
Highest point
Elevation 12,504 ft (3,811 m) [1] [2]
Prominence 721 ft (220 m) [2]
Isolation 4.30 mi (6.92 km) [2]
Listing Colorado range high points
Coordinates 39°41′27″N106°01′34″W / 39.6908198°N 106.0261288°W / 39.6908198; -106.0261288 [3]
Geography
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Ptarmigan Peak
Location Grand and Summit counties, Colorado, United States [3]
Parent range Front Range, Highest summit of the South Williams Fork Mountains [2]
Topo map(s) USGS 7.5' map Dillon, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route hike

Ptarmigan Peak is the highest summit of the South Williams Fork Mountains range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is north of Dillon, CO in the White River National Forest.

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References

  1. The elevation of Ptarmigan Peak includes an adjustment of +1.789 m (+5.87 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ptarmigan Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 21, 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Ptarmigan Peak". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved October 21, 2014.

Trail to the summit - https://www.hikingproject.com/trail/7002492