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This article comprises five sortable tables of Mountain Peaks of the U.S. State Of Colorado . All of these Summits have a Topographic Prominence of at least . Topographic prominence is defined as the elevation difference between the Summit and the highest or Key Col to a higher summit.


HIGHEST PEAKS

is the Highest of the Collegiate Peaks and the third highest peak of the Rocky Mountains .]]
The following sortable table lists the 100 Highest Colorado Mountain Peaks with a Topographic Prominence of at least . Topographic Elevation is defined as the vertical distance above the reference Geoid , a precise mathematical model of the Earth's Sea Level as an Equipotential Gravitational Surface .




MOST PROMINENT PEAKS

is the second most Topographically Prominent Mountain Peak of the State Of Colorado .]]
The following sortable table lists the 100 Most Topographically Prominent Colorado Mountain Peaks . Topographic Prominence is defined as the elevation difference between the Summit and the highest or Key Col to a higher summit.




MOST ISOLATED PEAKS

, Blanca Peak is the Highest Peak of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains and the second most Topographically Isolated peak of the State Of Colorado .]]
The following sortable table lists the 50 Most Topographically Isolated Colorado Mountain Peaks with a Topographic Prominence of at least . Topographic Isolation is defined as the minimum horizontal ( Great Circle ) distance to a point of higher elevation.




MOST EMINENT PEAKS

is the Highest Peak of the Crestones and the fifth most Eminent Mountain Peak of the State Of Colorado .]]
The following sortable table lists the 100 Most Eminent Colorado Mountain Peaks . Summit Eminence is the product of Elevation times Topographic Prominence .




COLORADO 4 KM PEAKS

is the Highest Peak of the San Juan Mountains and the sixth highest peak of the Rocky Mountains .]]
The following sortable table lists the 56 Major Mountain Peaks of the State Of Colorado with an Elevation of at least and a Topographic Prominence of at least . Compare this list with the List Of Colorado Fourteeners which includes peaks with at least of elevation and at least of topographic prominence. The 11 highest peaks are the same on both lists, but the list of Colorado 4 km peaks excludes low prominence summits like Torreys Peak , but includes high prominence, although slightly lower, peaks like Mount Ouray .




SEE ALSO

is the is the Highest Peak of the Mosquito Range .]]
is the Highest Peak of the Front Range .]]
taken by William Henry Jackson in 1874.]]


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