If you like high summits, consider moving to Colorado and making it your base camp for years of peak bagging. Colorado even tops Alaska for the number of peaks over 14,000 feet. Sure, there are higher and harder mountains up north, but Colorado has more attainable summits to choose from and a longer climbing season as well.
Mount Elbert, the state’s highest point, tops out at 14,433 feet and Sunshine Peak makes the list by about a foot. In between these two, there are more than 50 others that you’ll need to climb before you can say you’ve conquered Colorado’s mountaineering tick list. If you need a warm up, there are 200 more peaks in Colorado that aren’t quite 14ers but still tower above 13,500 feet. Some peaks are simple walk-ups (simple if you ignore the challenges of the high altitude), but others are class 3 scrambles and class 4 climbs. Colorado has a lifetime’s worth of mountains to climb so you better get started.
View on Climb to Torreys and Grays Peaks
Satellite summits of the major peaks are sometimes included on the list of Colorado’s 14ers, but we have only included the major peaks here. So how many fourteeners are there are in Colorado? Well, the number varies with the inclusion of satellite peaks, but 53 are typically considered separate major summits above 14,000 feet.
Below is a list of the peaks sorted by elevation.
Mountains on this map
| Mountain | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Mount Elbert (State High Point) | 14,433 ft (4,399 m) |
| Mount Massive | 14,421 ft (4,396 m) |
| Mount Harvard | 14,420 ft (4,395 m) |
| Blanca Peak | 14,345 ft (4,372 m) |
| La Plata Peak | 14,336 ft (4,370 m) |
| Uncompahgre Peak | 14,309 ft (4,361 m) |
| Crestone Peak | 14,294 ft (4,357 m) |
| Mount Lincoln | 14,286 ft (4,354 m) |
| Grays Peak | 14,270 ft (4,349 m) |
| Mount Antero | 14,269 ft (4,349 m) |
| Torreys Peak | 14,267 ft (4,349 m) |
| Quandary Peak | 14,265 ft (4,348 m) |
| Castle Peak | 14,265 ft (4,348 m) |
| Mount Evans | 14,264 ft (4,348 m) |
| Longs Peak | 14,255 ft (4,345 m) |
| Mount Wilson | 14,246 ft (4,342 m) |
| Mount Shavano | 14,229 ft (4,337 m) |
| Mount Belford | 14,197 ft (4,327 m) |
| Mount Princeton | 14,197 ft (4,327 m) |
| Crestone Needle | 14,197 ft (4,327 m) |
| Mount Yale | 14,196 ft (4,327 m) |
| Mount Bross | 14,172 ft (4,320 m) |
| Kit Carson Peak | 14,165 ft (4,317 m) |
| Maroon Peak | 14,156 ft (4,315 m) |
| Tabeguache Peak | 14,155 ft (4,314 m) |
| Mount Oxford | 14,153 ft (4,314 m) |
| Mount Sneffels | 14,150 ft (4,313 m) |
| Mount Democrat | 14,148 ft (4,312 m) |
| Capitol Peak | 14,130 ft (4,307 m) |
| Pikes Peak | 14,110 ft (4,301 m) |
| Snowmass Mountain | 14,092 ft (4,295 m) |
| Mount Eolus | 14,083 ft (4,292 m) |
| Windom Peak | 14,082 ft (4,292 m) |
| Challenger Point | 14,081 ft (4,292 m) |
| Mount Columbia | 14,073 ft (4,289 m) |
| Missouri Mountain | 14,067 ft (4,288 m) |
| Humboldt Peak | 14,064 ft (4,287 m) |
| Mount Bierstadt | 14,060 ft (4,285 m) |
| Sunlight Peak | 14,059 ft (4,285 m) |
| Handies Peak | 14,048 ft (4,282 m) |
| Culebra Peak | 14,047 ft (4,282 m) |
| Mount Lindsey | 14,042 ft (4,280 m) |
| Ellingwood Point | 14,042 ft (4,280 m) |
| Little Bear Peak | 14,037 ft (4,278 m) |
| Mount Sherman | 14,036 ft (4,278 m) |
| Redcloud Peak | 14,034 ft (4,278 m) |
| Pyramid Peak | 14,018 ft (4,273 m) |
| Wilson Peak | 14,017 ft (4,272 m) |
| Wetterhorn Peak | 14,015 ft (4,272 m) |
| San Luis Peak | 14,014 ft (4,271 m) |
| Mount of the Holy Cross | 14,005 ft (4,269 m) |
| Huron Peak | 14,003 ft (4,268 m) |
| Sunshine Peak | 14,001 ft (4,268 m) |