Colorado has 54 peaks that are "14ers". Mount Albert is the tallest at 14,443 ft above sea level. It is #17 in the list of USA tallest peaks. Mnt. McKinley is USA's tallest at 20,320 located in Alaska. Here is the Colorado list of the 54 tallest peaks:
1. Mount Albert 14,443 drive south from Leadville on U.S. 24 and look for a right turn onto Colorado 300. After a short distance you will make a left onto County Road 11. After about a mile look for a sign for the Halfmoon Campground. Here you will turn right onto a dirt road and drive for about five miles to the trailhead on the left.
2. Mount Massive 14,421
3. Mount Harvard 14,420
4. Blanca Peak 14,345
5. La Plata Peak 14,336
6. Uncompahgre Peak 14,309
7. Crestone Peak 14,294
8. Mount Lincoln 14,286 in Alma take Kite Lake Road up to Windy Ridge Road to Mineral Park Mine on Mount Bross.
9. Grays Peak 14,270 - off I-70 take exit 221 at Bakerville & drive up the 4WD road to the Stevens Gulch Trailhead.
10. Mount Antero 14,269
11. Torreys Peak 14,267 - off I-70 take exit 221 at Bakerville & drive up the 4WD road to the Stevens Gulch Trailhead.
12. Castle Peak 14,265
13. Quandry Peak 14,265 in Blue River just south of Breckenridge turn on Blue Lakes Road off Hwy 9 to get to the trailhead.
14. Mount Evans 14,264
15. Longs Peak 14,256
16. Mount Wilson 14,246
17. Mount Shavano 14,229
18. Mount Princeton 14,197
19. Mount Belford 14,197
20. Mount Yale 14,196
21. Crestone Needle 14,191
22. Mount Bross 14,172 in Alma take Kite Lake Road up to Windy Ridge Road to Mineral Park Mine to climb Mount Bross.
23. Kit Carson Peak 14,165
24. El Diente 14,159
25. Maroon Peak 14,156
26. Tabeguache Mtn. 14,155
27. Mount Oxford 14,153
28. Mount Sneffels 14,150
29. Mount Democrat 14,148 In Alma turn right on Kite Lake Road and proceed for approx. 6 miles through historic Buckskin Gulch to the trailhead.
30. Capitol Peak 14,130
31. Pikes Peak 14,110
32. Snowmass Mtn. 14,092
33. Mount Eolus 14,083
34. Windom Peak 14,082
35. Mount Columbia 14,073
36. Missouri Mtn. 14,067
37. Humboldt Peak 14,064
38. Mount Bierstadt 14,060 exit 228 off I70 at Georgetown and follow the signs for Guanella Pass drive to the top to find the trailhead.
39. Sunlight Peak 14,059
40. Handies Peak 14,048
41. Culebra Peak 14,047
42. Ellingwood Peak 14,042
43. Mount Lindsey 14,042
44. Little Bear Peak 14,037
45. Mount Sherman 14,036
46. Redcloud Peak 14,034
47. Pyramid Peak 14,018
48. Wilson Peak 14,017
49. Wetterhorn Peak 14,017
50. North Maroon Peak 14,014
51. San Luis Peak 14,014
52. Huron Peak 14,005 from I-70 turn off at the Copper Mt. exit and follow route 91 to Leadville. From Leadville take U.S. 24 south for about 19 miles from the junction of routes 6 & 24 just north of Leadville. Turn right onto County Rd. 390 and continue for about 12 miles to the ghost town of Winfield.
53. Mount Holy Cross 14,005
54. Sunshine Peak 14,001
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