Kit Carson Mountain, Colorado

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,171 ft / 4319 m
Subpeaks	Challenger Point (14,081 ft/4292 m) Columbia Point (13,960 ft/4255 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 58' 47'' N, 105° 36' 10'' W 37.979742, -105.602639 (Dec Deg) 447075 E 4203739 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Saguache
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Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 230      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 221) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2002-06-15 by Joe Lavelle      2007-07-29 by Patrick Lilly      2009-06-26 by J Thornton (Unsuccessful)      2010-06-26 by David Foster      2010-07-24 by Donnie Puckle      2014-07-05 by Kay Komuro (GPS Track)      2014-08-09 by Hannah Wilner      2014-08-10 by glen mizenko      2014-08-31 by Steve Bobinchak      2014-09-14 by Mark Van Lenten      2016-07-30 by Ben Ryan      2017-08-11 by MB Hansen (Unsuccessful)      2017-08-19 by William Musser      2018-06-23 by Benjamin Thomson      2018-07-29 by Jacob Winey (GPS Track)      2018-09-10 by Richard Hensley (GPS Track)      2018-10-06 by Sean Casey (GPS Track)      2019-07-22 by Brandon Boulier (GPS Track)      2020-06-30 by Dustin Erickson      2020-08-01 by Kendall Beggs      2020-09-06 by Bo Saunders (GPS Track)
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Kit Carson as viewed from slopes of Challenger (2017-09-16). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 1005 ft/306 m   Optimistic Prominence: 1045 ft/318 m   Line Parent: Crestone Peak-Northeast Peak   Key Col: 13,160 ft/4011 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 1.27 mi/2.05 km    Isolation Limit Point: 37.9683, -105.5842 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Crestone Peak-Northeast Peak  (SE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range Range5: Northern Sangre de Cristo Range Range6: Crestone Group
Drainage Basins	Rio Grande Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Nature Conservancy
Topo Map	Crestone Peak O37105h5 1:24,000
First Ascent	July, 1916     Ellingwood, Albert (United States)
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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