Uncompahgre Peak, Colorado

Elevation Info	Summit: 14,314 feet (NAVD88 Vertical Datum) Source/Method: Lidar     Lidar Data Set Info
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38.07173, -107.4624 (Dec Deg) 38° 4' 18'' N, 107° 27' 45'' W (DMS) 284023 E, 4216628 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Map Source	US Geological Survey (1:24,000)     Sheet: Uncompahgre Peak (O38107a4)
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      Uncompahgre Peak at ListsOfJohn      Uncompahgre Peak at Mountain-Forecast.com      Uncompahgre Peak at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio)      Uncompahgre Peak at Hikr.org      Uncompahgre Peak at USGS-GNIS      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 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: 560      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 520) Selected Trip Reports - Click on linked Date for full report: Date Climber Type GPS TR Words Link 2023-10-27 Rudnick, Christian 2023-08-11 Hall, Whiley TR-66 2023-07-12 Richardsson, Brian 🐧 TR-198 2023-07-05 Super, Josh TR-1021 2023-06-23 !, Lupe TR-8 adventuresoflupe.com 2022-09-11 Smith, Kevin TR-20 alltrails.com 2022-09-10 Barlow, Stan 2022-08-12 Hall, Whiley TR-17 2022-07-03 Woodall, Rob TR-229 m.facebook.com 2021-08-13 Hall, Whiley TR-67 2020-08-07 Burns, Scott TR-203 2020-07-30 Arnold, Michele TR-321 2020-07-05 Colky, Joshua 2019-10-17 Gathright, Tom TR-179 2019-07-28 Alt, Jim 2018-09-10 Mclellan, Denise TR-210 2018-08-06 Ndirish35, Ndirish35 TR-329 2018-07-28 Hutchings, Timothy 🦏 TR-42 2018-07-07 Musser, William TR-668 2016-11-19 Ryan, Ben TR-32 strava.com 2015-07-29 Kassan, Eric TR-69 2015-07-29 914, BMS TR-369 2015-06-29 Norton, Valerie TR-32 valhikes.blogspot.com 2014-09-27 Lakin, Beth TR-5 damselnotindistress.com 2014-09-14 Pirate 🏴‍☠, Peak TR-2 2012-08-15 Quinlan, Dan TR-471 2009-07-04 Foster, David TR-348 2006-09-06 Helman, Adam TR-8 cohp.org 2002-07-27 Lavelle, Joe TR-60 thepeakmind.com 2001-04-13 Bjørstad, Petter TR-7 ii.uib.no
Peak 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)      Customary Western USA Fourteeners (Rank #9)      U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #9)      14ers.com Colorado Fourteeners (Rank #6)      Fifty Highest CoHPs in Lower 48 (Rank #7)      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)      Colorado Peaks with 25 miles of Isolation (Rank #3)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #72)      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.)
Nearby Peak Searches:      Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Uncompahgre Peak      Elevation Ladder from Uncompahgre Peak      Prominence Ladder from Uncompahgre Peak

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: 4245 ft/1294 m   Optimistic Prominence: 4245 ft/1294 m   Line Parent: Mount Harvard   Key Col: Cochetopa Pass    10,069 ft/3069 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)
First Ascent	1874     Rhoda, Franklin     Wilson, Allen D.
Data Source	GPS Reading or LIDAR
Dynamic Map  Uncompahgre Peak   ( Key Col)    Other Peaks Click Here for a Full Screen Map

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.

On the summit of Uncompahgre Peak (1993-08-25). Photo by Dieter Hils. Click here for larger-size photo.

Summit of Uncompahgre (2023-08-23). Photo by Graham Poteet. Click here for larger-size photo.

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