Southern Rocky Mountains


The Southern Rocky Mountains are a major subregion of the Rocky Mountains of North America located in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Wyoming, the central and western portions of Colorado, the northern portion of New Mexico, and extreme eastern portions of Utah. The Southern Rocky Mountains are also commonly known as the Southern Rockies, and since the [|highest peaks] are located in the State of Colorado, they are sometimes known as the Colorado Rockies, although many important ranges and peaks rise in the other three states. The Southern Rockies include the highest mountain ranges of the Rocky Mountains and include all 30 of the highest major peaks of the Rockies.
The Southern Rocky Mountains are generally divided from the Western Rocky Mountains by the Green River and the Colorado River below the Green River. The Southern Rockies are divided from the Central Rocky Mountains by South Pass in Wyoming and the drainage running east from the pass down the Sweetwater River and the North Platte River; and the drainage running southwest from the pass down Pacific Creek and Sandy Creek to the Green River. This divide between the Southern Rockies and the Central Rockies provided the lowest elevation traverse of the Rocky Mountain region for the historic Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, and the California Trail. The southern end of the Rocky Mountains are considered to be the Jemez Mountains and the Southern Sangre De Cristo mountains of New Mexico. Mountains south of here in N.M. are classified as the Arizona/New Mexico Mountains using the EPA Level III Ecoregions System.
This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least 1500 meters of topographic prominence.
All elevations in this article include an elevation adjustment from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988. For further information, please see this United States National Geodetic Survey .

Mountain ranges

The following table lists the mountain ranges and subranges of the Southern Rocky Mountains with their highest summit.

Mountain peaks

Highest summits

The following sortable table lists the 57 mountain peaks of the Southern Rocky Mountains with at least of topographic elevation and at least of topographic prominence.
RankMountain PeakStateMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolation
1
Sawatch Range
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2
Sawatch Range
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3
Collegiate Peaks
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4
Sierra Blanca
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5La Plata PeakCollegiate Peaks
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6
San Juan Mountains
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7
Crestones
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8
Mosquito Range
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9
Elk Mountains
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10
Front Range
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11
Sawatch Range
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12
Front Range
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13
Front Range
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14
San Miguel Mountains
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15Mount Princeton Collegiate Peaks
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16Mount Yale Collegiate Peaks
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17Maroon Peak Elk Mountains
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18
Sneffels Range
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19Capitol PeakElk Mountains
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20
Pikes Peak Massif
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21
Needle Mountains
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22Handies Peak San Juan Mountains
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23
Culebra Range
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24
La Garita Mountains
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25
Sawatch Range
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26Grizzly Peak Collegiate Peaks
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27
Sawatch Range
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28Vermilion Peak San Juan Mountains
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29Mount Silverheels Front Range
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30Rio Grande Pyramid San Juan Mountains
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31Bald Mountain Front Range
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32Mount OsoSan Juan Mountains
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33Mount Jackson Sawatch Range
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34Bard Peak Front Range
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35Peak 10 Tenmile Range
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36
Spanish Peaks
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37
Gore Range
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38
Mummy Range
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39Tower Mountain San Juan Mountains
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40Treasure Mountain Elk Mountains
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41
Indian Peaks
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42Parry PeakFront Range
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43
Williams Mountains
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44Sultan Mountain San Juan Mountains
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45West Buffalo Peak Mosquito Range
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46Mount Herard Sangre de Cristo Range
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47
San Juan Mountains
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48Dolores Peak San Miguel Mountains
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49Antora Peak Sawatch Range
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50Henry Mountain Sawatch Range
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51Lavender Peak La Plata Mountains
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52Jacque Peak Gore Range
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53Bennett Peak San Juan Mountains
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54Conejos Peak San Juan Mountains
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55
Taos Mountains
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56
West Needle Mountains
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57South River Peak San Juan Mountains
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Most prominent summits

The following sortable table lists the three ultra prominent summits of the Southern Rocky Mountains

RankMountain PeakStateMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolation
1
Sawatch Range
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2
Pikes Peak Massif
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3
Sierra Blanca Massif
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Most isolated summits

The following sortable table lists the 15 most topographically isolated peaks of the Southern Rocky Mountains with a topographic isolation of at least and a topographic prominence of at least.
RankMountain PeakStateMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolation
1
Sawatch Range
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2
Sierra Blanca Massif
----
3
San Juan Mountains
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4
La Sal Mountains
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5
Pikes Peak Massif
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6
Front Range
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7
Flat Tops
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8
Santa Fe Mountains
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9
Park Range
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10
Snowy Range
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11
San Juan Mountains
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12
Taos Mountains
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13
Culebra Range
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14
San Miguel Mountains
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15
Raton Mesa
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Easternmost summits

The following sortable table lists progressively the easternmost Rocky Mountain summits of their respective elevation.
RankMountain PeakStateMountain RangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation
1
Raton Mesa
37.0982°N
104.4628°W		----
2
Spanish Peaks
37.3934°N
104.9201°W		----
3
Spanish Peaks
37.3756°N
104.9934°W		----
4
Front Range
38.8405°N
105.0442°W		----
5
Sangre de Cristo Mountains
37.5775°N
105.4856°W		----
6
Sawatch Range
38.9244°N
106.3207°W		----
7
Sawatch Range
39.1178°N
106.4454°W		----

Mountain passes

The following sortable table lists the paved mountain passes and highway summits of the Southern Rocky Mountains.
RankMountain PassStateElevationRoute
1Mount Evans Scenic Byway14,160 feet
4316 m		005
2Pikes Peak Highway14,115 feet
4302 m		999
3Trail Ridge Road12,183 feet
3713 m		034
4Independence Pass12,095 feet
3687 m		082
5Loveland Pass11,992 feet
3655 m		006
6Hoosier Pass11,541 feet
3518 m		009
7Slumgullion Pass11,361 feet
3463 m		149
8Fremont Pass11,318 feet
3450 m		091
9Berthoud Pass11,315 feet
3449 m		040
10Monarch Pass11,312 feet
3448 m		050
11Eisenhower Tunnel11,158 feet
3401 m		070
12Warrior Mountain Summit11,140 feet
3395 m		103
13Juniper Pass11,040 feet
3365 m		103
14Red Mountain Pass11,018 feet
3358 m		550
15Molas Divide10,910 feet
3325 m		550
16Spring Creek Pass10,901 feet
3323 m		149
17Wolf Creek Pass10,850 feet
3307 m		160
18Snowy Range Pass10,847 feet
3306 m		130
19Grand Mesa Summit10,839 feet
3304 m		065
20Milner Pass10,758 feet
3279 m		034
21Vail Pass10,666 feet
3251 m		070
22Coal Bank Pass10,640 feet
3243 m		550
23Tennessee Pass10,424 feet
3177 m		024
24Cameron Pass10,276 feet
3132 m		014
25La Manga Pass10,230 feet
3118 m		017
26Lizard Head Pass10,222 feet
3116 m		145
27North Pass10,149 feet
3093 m		114
28Cumbres Pass10,022 feet
3055 m		017
29Kenosha Pass10,001 feet
3048 m		285
30Red Hill Pass09,993 feet
3046 m		285
31Cucharas Pass09,941 feet
3030 m		012
32Battle Pass09,915 feet
3022 m		070
33Bobcat Pass09,833 feet
2997 m		038
34Willow Creek Pass09,621 feet
2932 m		125
35Gore Pass09,527 feet
2904 m		134
36Wilkerson Pass09,507 feet
2898 m		024
37Currant Creek Pass09,482 feet
2890 m		009
38Rabbit Ears Pass09,426 feet
2873 m		040
39North La Veta Pass09,413 feet
2869 m		160
40Trout Creek Pass09,346 feet
2849 m		024.285
41Battle Mountain Summit09,267 feet
2825 m		024
42Ute Pass09,165 feet
2793 m		024
43Wind River Pass09,148 feet
2788 m		007
44Black Mesa Summit09,121 feet
2780 m		092
45Palo Flechado Pass09,109 feet
2776 m		064
46Hardscrabble Pass09,085 feet
2769 m		096
47Poncha Pass09,010 feet
2746 m		285
48Dallas Divide08,970 feet
2734 m		062
49Muddy Pass08,772 feet
2674 m		040
50McClure Pass08,755 feet
2669 m		133
51Blue Mesa Summit08,704 feet
2653 m		050
52Wondervu Hill08,660 feet
2640 m		072
53Happy Jack Summit08,640 feet
2633 m		080
54U.S. Hill08,562 feet
2610 m		518
55Douglas Pass08,268 feet
2520 m		139
56Cerro Summit07,950 feet
2423 m		050
57Raton Pass07,834 feet
2388 m		025
58Yellowjacket Pass07,783 feet
2372 m		160
59Glorieta Pass07,557 feet
2303 m		025
60South Pass07,550 feet
2301 m		028
61Monument Hill07,343 feet
2238 m		025
62Morton Pass07,173 feet
2186 m		034.1
63Unaweep Divide07,048 feet
2148 m		141
64Separation Summit07,005 feet
2135 m		080
65Robinson Summit06,927 feet
2111 m		080