La Plata Peak, Colorado

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,343 ft / 4372 m
Subpeaks	La Plata Peak-East Peak (14,160 ft/4316 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 1' 46'' N, 106° 28' 23'' W 39.029396, -106.472921 (Dec Deg) 372507 E 4321071 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Chaffee
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 497      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 471) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2007-09-03 by Roger Dellinger      2008-07-12 by David Foster      2011-10-04 by Paul McClellan (GPS Track)      2012-07-18 by Jeff Armstrong      2012-10-01 by Paul Barish (Unsuccessful)      2012-11-09 by Paul Barish (Unsuccessful)      2012-11-10 by Paul Barish (Unsuccessful)      2013-08-05 by Paul Barish      2015-08-16 by Jacob Winey (GPS Track)      2015-09-07 by Rob Anthony      2016-08-10 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)      2016-08-31 by Richard Hensley (GPS Track)      2017-03-18 by Matt Whittaker      2017-06-24 by Dan Hildebrand      2017-06-24 by William Musser      2017-07-23 by Mike Kernstock (GPS Track)      2017-08-11 by Mike Wright      2017-08-20 by Andy Habel (GPS Track)      2017-09-02 by Naresh Satyan      2018-04-09 by Michele Arnold (Unsuccessful)      2018-07-25 by Dennis Stewart      2018-08-11 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track)      2018-08-30 by Michele Arnold      2019-04-20 by Jacob Winey (GPS Track)      2020-07-03 by Bo Saunders (GPS Track)      2020-07-22 by Sam Grant (GPS Track)      2020-07-25 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track)      2020-07-26 by Scott Burns
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Upper reaches of La Plata Peak (2006-08-15). Photo by Joseph Del Grosso. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 1816 ft/554 m   Optimistic Prominence: 1856 ft/566 m   Line Parent: Mount Harvard   Key Col: 12,520 ft/3816 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 6.2 mi/9.97 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.1167, -106.4458 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Elbert  (NNE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sawatch Range Range5: Collegiate Peaks Range6: La Plata-Grizzly Area (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Arkansas Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Pike and San Isabel National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Collegiate Peaks Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Mount Elbert O39106a4 1:24,000
First Ascent	July 26, 1873     Byers, William     Gardner, James
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

Sea of peaks from Mt. Elbert with La Plata at center (1997-07). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.

Panorama looking west from La Plata: Elks range (to left) and Independence Pass (right) (2019-08-26). Photo by Eric Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.

Looking south from La Plata: Huron (center) and ridge we traversed the next day (left of Huron) (2019-08-26). Photo by Eric Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.

Eric and Leroy on the summit of La Plata (2019-08-26). Photo by Leroy Brown. Click here for larger-size photo.

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