Mount Blaurock

Mount Blaurock is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,623-foot (4,152 m) thirteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 21.1 miles (33.9 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3] Mount Blaurock was named in honor of Carl Blaurock, a co-founder of the Colorado Mountain Club and one of the first two persons to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners.[3]

Mount Blaurock
South aspect of Mt. Blaurock (center)
(Ervin Peak to right)
Highest point
Elevation13,623 ft (4,152 m)[1][2]
Prominence436 ft (133 m)[2]
Parent peakLa Plata Peak[2]
Isolation1.62 mi (2.61 km)[2]
Coordinates39°00′40″N 106°27′13″W[3]
Geography
Mount Blaurock is located in Colorado
Mount Blaurock
Mount Blaurock
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent rangeSawatch Range,
Collegiate Peaks[2]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Elbert, Colorado[3]

See also

References
  1. The elevation of Mount Blaurock includes an adjustment of +1.995 m (+6.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. "Mount Blaurock, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
  3. "Mount Blaurock". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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