Missouri Mountain

Missouri Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,074-foot (4,290 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.2 miles (24.5 km) 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]

Missouri Mountain
Highest point
Elevation	14,074 ft (4,290 m)[1][2]
Prominence	847 ft (258 m)[3]
Isolation	1.31 mi (2.11 km)[3]
Listing	Colorado Fourteener 36th
Coordinates	38°56′51″N 106°22′43″W[1]
Geography
Missouri Mountain Colorado
Location	Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent range	Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[3]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Winfield, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest route	Northwest Ridge: Hike, class 2[5]

Climbing

The standard route to the top is rated class 2.^[7]

See also

• Colorado portal
• Mountains portal

• List of mountain peaks of Colorado
  • List of Colorado fourteeners

References

1. "MISSOURI MTN". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
2. The elevation of Missouri Mountain includes an adjustment of +2.113 m (+6.93 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
3. "Missouri Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
4. "Missouri Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
5. "Missouri Mountain Routes". 14ers.com.
6. Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.
7. "Belford, Oxford and Missouri | Routes". 14ers.com. Retrieved November 2, 2024.

External links

• "Missouri Mountain". 14ers.com.
• Missouri Mountain on Summitpost