Collegiate Peaks

Section of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, US

The Collegiate Peaks (or Collegiate Range^[1]) is a name given to a section of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains located in central Colorado. Drainages to the east include headwaters of the Arkansas River.

The Collegiate Peaks include some of the highest mountains in the Rockies. The section is so named because several of the mountains are named for prominent universities.

In the Arapaho language the Collegiate Peaks were called "hiwoxuu hookuhu'ee" or the Elk's Head.^[2]

Prominent peaks

See also

• Colorado portal
• Mountains portal

• Mountain peaks of Colorado
• Collegiate Peaks Wilderness

References

1. "U.S. Board on Geographic Names".
2. "Colorado Places: Their Native American Names". Center for Native American and Indigenous Studies (CNAIS). 2020-07-24. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
3. The elevation of this summit has been converted from the National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) to the North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). National Geodetic Survey

External links

• "Collegiate Peaks". Peakbagger.com.