Mount Belford
Mount Belford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,203-foot (4,329 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4]
| Mount Belford | |
|---|---|
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,203 ft (4,329 m) [1][2] |
| Prominence | 1,337 ft (408 m) [3] |
| Parent peak | Mount Harvard[3] |
| Isolation | 3.30 mi (5.31 km) [3] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 19th |
| Coordinates | 38°57′38″N 106°21′39″W [1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Belford | |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[3] |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Harvard, Colorado[1] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Hike |
Climbing
Mount Belford lies near Mount Oxford and Missouri Mountain, and is often climbed in conjunction with one or both of these peaks.[5]
References
- "MT BELFORD". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- The elevation of Mount Belford includes an adjustment of +2.081 m (+6.83 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- "Mount Belford, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
- "Mount Belford". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
- Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.
External links
- Mount Belford and Mount Oxford at 14ers.com
- Mount Belford at Summitpost
- Photo Journal of a hike up Mount Belford
- Mount Belford Trip Report & Summit Video
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