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Mount Yale

Mount Yale
Photo: David Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Mountain stats

StateColorado
Elevation14,196 ft (4,327 m)
RangeCollegiate Peaks
Protected areaCollegiate Peaks Wilderness, San Isabel National Forest

Source: Wikidata Q6924685 (elevation, prominence, range, protected area, first ascent).

About Mount Yale

Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,197-foot (4327.24 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.4 miles (15.2 km) west by north of Buena Vista, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of Elihu Yale, the primary benefactor of what is now Yale University.

Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Peak lists

Sources: Category:Fourteeners of Colorado

Other well-known peaks nearby

Straight-line distance between Wikidata summit coordinates.

Sources

Wikidata Q6924685; Wikipedia; Wikimedia Commons; state from U.S. Census Bureau 2023 cartographic boundaries. Always check current conditions and land-manager rules before you go.