Uncompahgre Peak, Colorado

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,315 ft / 4363 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 4' 18'' N, 107° 27' 44'' W 38.071653, -107.462165 (Dec Deg) 284023 E 4216628 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Hinsdale (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Uncompahgre Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Uncompahgre Peak at SummitPost.org      Uncompahgre Peak at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Uncompahgre Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com      Uncompahgre Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Hinsdale, CO by David Olson      CoHP.org Trip Report for Hinsdale, CO by Kevin Baker Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Uncompahgre Peak:      USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #7)      USA 48-States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #9)      Colorado 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #6)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #9)      Customary Western USA Fourteeners (Rank #9)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #7)      14ers.com Colorado Fourteeners (Rank #6)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #14)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #5)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #12)      United States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #30)      Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #105)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #109)      Top 10 County High Points Grid for U.S. States (Rank #12)      North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #49)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #72)      Colorado Peaks with 25 miles of Isolation (Rank #3)      Top 10 Elevation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #19)      Top 10 Isolation Grid for U.S. States (Rank #68)      100 Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #7) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs (Roach)        A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners (Borneman, Lampert)        Hiking Colorado's Summits (Mitchler, Covill)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 389      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 367) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      1996-07-21 by Larry Versaw      2002-07-27 by Joe Lavelle      2003-07-26 by Fred Newman      2005-09-04 by glen mizenko      2009-07-04 by David Foster      2010-07-03 by Donnie Puckle      2012-08-15 by Dan Quinlan (GPS Track)      2013-07-05 by Bo Saunders      2014-07-05 by Hannah Wilner      2015-07-29 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)      2015-07-29 by BMS 914 (GPS Track)      2016-07-08 by Whiley Hall      2016-11-19 by Ben Ryan      2018-07-07 by William Musser      2018-08-06 by Ndirish35 Ndirish35      2018-09-10 by Denise Mclellan      2019-07-28 by Jim Alt (GPS Track)      2019-10-17 by Tom Gathright (GPS Track)      2020-07-05 by Joshua Colky (GPS Track)      2020-07-30 by Michele Arnold      2020-08-07 by Scott Burns      2020-10-05 by Evan Battaglia
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Uncompahgre from the west (1984-06-18). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 4277 ft/1303 m   Optimistic Prominence: 4277 ft/1303 m   Line Parent: Mount Harvard   Key Col: Cochetopa Pass    10,032 ft/3058 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 85.01 mi/136.81 km    Isolation Limit Point: 39.029118, -106.47398 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     La Plata Peak  (NE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: San Juan Mountains (Highest Point) Range5: North-Central San Juan Mountains (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Gunnison (HP) Colorado (HP) Gulf of California Pacific-Central America/Mexico Pacific Ocean
Ownership	Land: Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest (Highest Point) Wilderness/Special Area: Uncompahgre Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Uncompahgre Peak O38107a4 1:24,000
First Ascent	1874     Rhoda, Franklin     Wilson, Allen D.
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

The vertical fall from the top of this 14er is like no other (2018-07-07). Photo by William Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.

Looking NW from summit (2018-07-24). Photo by Eric Smith. Click here for larger-size photo.

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