Blanca Peak

Mountain stats

Source: Wikidata Q670233 (elevation, prominence, range, protected area, first ascent).

About Blanca Peak

Blanca Peak is the fourth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The ultra-prominent 14,351-foot (4,374 m) peak is the highest summit of the Sierra Blanca Massif, the Sangre de Cristo Range, and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The fourteener is located 9.6 miles (15.5 km) north by east of the Town of Blanca, on the drainage divide separating Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant and Costilla County. The summit is the highest point of both counties and the entire drainage basin of the Rio Grande. Below the steep North Face of Blanca Peak two live Glaciers once developed, until extinction sometime after 1903. North & South Blanca Glaciers were located at 37° 35N., longitude 105° 28W. Blanca Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Peak lists

• Colorado Fourteener

Sources: Category:Fourteeners of Colorado

Other well-known peaks nearby

• Ellingwood Point (CO) — 1 mi
• Little Bear Peak (CO) — 1 mi
• Mount Lindsey (CO) — 2 mi
• Crestone Needle (CO) — 27 mi
• Crestone Peak (CO) — 27 mi

Straight-line distance between Wikidata summit coordinates.