West Spanish Peak, Colorado

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 13,631 ft / 4154 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 22' 32'' N, 104° 59' 36'' W 37.375588, -104.993396 (Dec Deg) 500585 E 4136539 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Huerfano Las Animas (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "West Spanish Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      West Spanish Peak at SummitPost.org      West Spanish Peak at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for West Spanish Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com      West Spanish Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      CoHP.org Trip Report for Las Animas, CO by David Olson      CoHP.org Trip Report for Las Animas, CO by Gary Swing      CoHP.org Trip Report for Las Animas, CO by Dave Covill      CoHP.org Trip Report for Las Animas, CO by Patrick Thornley      CoHP.org Trip Report for Las Animas, CO by Kevin Baker      CoHP.org Trip Report for Las Animas, CO by SueAnn Miller and Frank Price Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain West Spanish Peak:      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #32)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #27)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #39)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #34)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #102)      100 Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #27)      100 Highest CoHPs (Rank #34)      USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #195)      Colorado County High Points (Rank #23)      Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #32)      Western USA CoHPs (Rank #39)      Colorado Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #12)      Colorado Wilderness High Points (Rank #14)      Colorado 13,500 foot Peaks (Rank #183)      Colorado County Prominence Peaks (Rank #13)      Colorado Thirteeners (Rank #183)      Colorado Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #12) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Hiking Colorado's Summits (Mitchler, Covill)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 160      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 152) Selected Trip Reports:      2002-05-31 by Scott Surgent      2008-10-28 by Sharon Crawford      2011-07-02 by Jonathan Garner      2012-06-23 by Richard Oestreicher      2012-09-07 by Paul Dent      2012-10-28 by Susan Paul (GPS Track)      2014-07-13 by Victor Mariano      2015-08-07 by Leon Engle      2017-07-07 by Zack Lewis (GPS Track)      2017-07-26 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track)      2017-09-16 by Jon Pilarski (GPS Track)      2017-11-05 by Jordyn Ferguson      2017-11-27 by Josh Luzania      2018-04-15 by Whiley Hall      2018-04-17 by Stormy Murray      2018-08-09 by Dan Lewis (Unsuccessful)      2018-09-02 by Rob Anthony      2018-09-16 by Rob Anthony      2018-10-03 by Kade Carthel      2019-06-27 by Dan Lewis (GPS Track)      2019-06-29 by Ben Brownlee (GPS Track)      2019-06-30 by Beth Lakin (GPS Track)      2019-07-18 by Dennis Stewart      2019-08-31 by Zackary Michek (GPS Track)      2019-10-04 by Stav Basis      2019-10-05 by William Musser (GPS Track)      2019-11-23 by Dane Steil      2020-04-05 by Tyler King      2020-07-06 by Shane Kramer      2020-07-26 by Bob Burd      2020-07-26 by Eric Smith (GPS Track)      2020-10-03 by Timothy Hutchings (GPS Track)      2021-07-10 by Benjamin Kiser      2021-07-29 by Roland Ryan
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view of West Spanish Peak from West Peak trail accessed at Cordova Pass. Pictured is the "easy" part of the hike to summit (2009-08). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 3666 ft/1117 m   Optimistic Prominence: 3706 ft/1129 m   Key Col: Cucharas Pass    9960 ft/3036 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 19.87 mi/31.98 km    Isolation Limit Point: 37.1263, -105.174227 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Culebra Peak  (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range Range5: Culebra Range Range6: Spanish Peaks (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Arkansas Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Pike and San Isabel National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Spanish Peaks Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Spanish Peaks O37104d8 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

West Peak in fall colors viewed from FS road to Blue Lake (1992-09). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.

West Spanish Peak morning after snow dusting in early June 2002 (2002-06). Photo by Charles Baxter. Click here for larger-size photo.

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