Blanca Peak, Colorado

Subpeaks	Blanca Peak - Northeast Slope (14,320 ft/4365 m)
Elevation Info	Summit: 14,345 feet NAVD88 Elevation (?): 14,351 ft / 4374 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37.577491, -105.485649 (Dec Deg) 37° 34' 39'' N, 105° 29' 8'' W (DMS) 457118 E, 4159049 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Map Source	US Geological Survey (1:24,000)     Sheet: Blanca Peak (O37105e4)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Alamosa (Highest Point) Costilla (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Blanca Peak":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Blanca Peak at SummitPost      Blanca Peak at ListsOfJohn      Blanca Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com      Blanca Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      Blanca Peak at USGS-GNIS      CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Ken Akerman      CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Adam Helman      CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Dave Covill      CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Kevin Baker      CoHP.org Trip Report for Costilla, CO by David Covill Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map 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 ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 504      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 470) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2023-09-19 Landadio, Chris TR-88 2023-08-15 Mihm, Nathan TR-92 2023-07-15 McGrath, Joseph TR-320 2023-07-02 Super, Josh TR-905 2022-10-19 Lennon, Alex TR-668 2022-07-20 Childrey, Don TR-9 2022-07-04 Sadowsky, Yossi TR-12 2022-05-14 Butcher, Trevor TR-54 2020-09-22 brown, fred TR-242 (2019-06-22) R, Bradley TR-1231 2018-09-08 Mclellan, Denise TR-282 2018-07-31 Stewart, Dennis TR-863 2018-07-24 Atwell, Erik TR-257 2018-07-11 Watrous, Hal TR-397 2017-06-04 McEntee, Connor TR-855 2015-09-01 mizenko, glen TR-12 (2015-07-05) Giurgiulescu, Mihai TR-9 peakbagger.com 2015-07-04 Giurgiulescu, Mihai TR-1386 (2015-07-03) Giurgiulescu, Mihai TR-9 peakbagger.com 2014-08-08 Musser, William TR-1497 2012-09-02 Arnold, Michele TR-520 2012-08-24 914, BMS TR-1156 2012-08-24 Kassan, Eric TR-127 2012-07-23 Woodall, Rob TR-927 peakbagger.com 2010-09-04 Slayden, Greg TR-1917 2010-08-15 Blaser, Peter TR-293 2005-09-20 Bolton, Bob TR-292 2004-09-02 Jaquet, Chris TR-226 (2003-10-14) Spalinger, Richard TR-258 1998-08-29 Marraccini, B.J. TR-384
Peak Lists that contain Blanca Peak      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #39)      5000 foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #4)      USA Lower 48 Peaks with 5000 feet of Prominence (Rank #46)      USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #6)      USA 48-States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #7)      5000 foot Prominence CoHPs (Rank #8)      Colorado 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #4)      Customary Western USA Fourteeners (Rank #7)      USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #46)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #6)      14ers.com Colorado Fourteeners (Rank #4)      United States Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #68)      Sacred Navajo Mountains (Rank #1)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #5)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet (Rank #11)      5000 foot gain CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #3)      United States 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #28)      USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #4)      Fifty Highest CoHPs (Rank #10)      Top 10 Prominence Grid for U.S. States (Rank #60) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.)
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Blanca Peak lords over the open expanses of the San Luis Valley.
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 5326 ft/1623 m   Optimistic Prominence: 5326 ft/1623 m   Line Parent: Mount Harvard   Key Col: Poncha Pass    9019 ft/2749 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 103.37 mi/166.36 km    Isolation Limit Point: 38.924486, -106.318912 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Mount Harvard  (NNW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range (Highest Point) Range5: Sierra Blanca (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	Rio Grande (HP) Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean Arkansas Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Rio Grande National Forest (Highest Point)
First Ascent	August 14, 1874     Carpenter, Frank     Thompson, Gilbert
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
Dynamic Map  Blanca Peak   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Photos

Blanca Peak from route on Mount Lindsey (1984-09-12). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mt Lindsey to the East, taken from Summit of Blanca Peak (1998-08-29). Photo by B.J. Marraccini. Click here for larger-size photo.

Crater Lake and the Holbrook Creek drainage, from the summit of Blanca Peak (1998-08-29). Photo by B.J. Marraccini. Click here for larger-size photo.

On the summit of Blanca Pk with a view of Little Bear (1994-08-12). Photo by Dieter Hils. Click here for larger-size photo.

From the summit of Ellingwood Peak, Blanca towers over its neighbor (1994-08-12). Photo by Dieter Hils. Click here for larger-size photo.

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