Arrow Peak

Arrow Peak is a high mountain summit in the Grenadier Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,809-foot (4,209 m) thirteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 8.7 miles (14.0 km) south-southeast (bearing 160°) of the Town of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3]

Arrow Peak
Northeast aspect of Arrow Peak to left
(Graystone Peak and Electric Peak to right)
Highest point
Elevation13,809 ft (4,209 m)[1][2]
Prominence943 ft (287 m)[2]
Isolation0.48 mi (0.77 km)[2]
Coordinates37°41′34″N 107°36′36″W[3]
Geography
Arrow Peak is located in Colorado
Arrow Peak
Arrow Peak
LocationSan Juan County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSan Juan Mountains,
Needle Mountains,
Grenadier Range[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Storm King Peak, Colorado[3]
Not to be confused with Arrow Peak (California).

Mountain

Arrow Peak ranks 123rd among the highest mountains in Colorado and 182nd in the whole of the United States. Some of the peaks nearest to it are: Vestal Peak, Graystone Peak, Electric Peak, Point Pun, West Trinity, and Mount Garfield.[4]

Arrow Peak falls under the Grenadier Range of San Juan Mountains. Given its rocky face, Arrow Peak, like other peaks of the Grenadier Range, offers one of the best mountaineering adventures in Colorado. History has it that the first Americans to scale Arrow Peak were William Cooper and John Hubbard in 1908, which was followed by a second ascent in 1932 by Carleton Long and John Nelson via a more arduous route called the Greystone-Arrow saddle.[5]

Arrow Peak and its neighboring, peaks, especially Vestal Peak, all formed from the metamorphic rock quartzite, are considered hard climbs, Arrow Peak ranking as the toughest before a new route was found.[6]

See also

References
  1. The elevation of Arrow Peak includes an adjustment of +1.750 m (+5.74 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. "Arrow Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  3. "Arrow Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
  4. "Arrow Peak". Peakery. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  5. Kopeckova, shanahan96/Liba. "Arrow Peak,co". Summit Post. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  6. Payne, Matt. "Vestal Peak and Arrow Peak - the Grenadier Range's Finest". 100 Summits. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
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