Mount Columbia (Colorado)
| Mount Columbia | |
|---|---|
Mount Columbia as seen from Mount Harvard | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,077 ft (4,291 m) |
| Prominence | 893 ft (272 m) |
| Parent peak | Mount Harvard |
| Isolation | 1.90 mi (3.06 km) |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 35th |
| Coordinates | 38°54′14″N 106°17′51″W / 38.9039357°N 106.2974989°W |
| Geography | |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks |
| Topo map(s) | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Columbia, Colorado |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1916 by Roger Toll |
| Easiest route | West Slopes: Hike, class 2 |
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Mount Columbia is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,077-foot (4,291 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.9 miles (16.0 km) northwest by west (bearing 301°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named by Roger W. Toll in honor of his alma mater, Columbia University, and in commemoration of its rowing victory at the renowned Henley Royal Regatta in 1878.