East Spanish Peak

East Spanish Peak
East (left) and West (right) Spanish Peaks
Highest point
Elevation	12,688 ft (3,867 m)
Prominence	2,383 ft (726 m)
Isolation	4.21 mi (6.78 km)
Parent peak	West Spanish Peak
Listing	Colorado prominent summits
Coordinates	37°23′36″N 104°55′12″W / 37.393404°N 104.9200632°W / 37.393404; -104.9200632Coordinates: 37°23′36″N 104°55′12″W / 37.393404°N 104.9200632°W / 37.393404; -104.9200632
Geography
East Spanish Peak Colorado
Location	Huerfano and Las Animas counties, Colorado, United States
Parent range	Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Spanish Peaks
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Spanish Peaks, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route	West Ridge: hike/scramble class 2

East Spanish Peak is a prominent mountain summit that is the lower of the two Spanish Peaks in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,688-foot (3,867 m) peak is located in the Spanish Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.3 miles (14.9 km) southeast by south (bearing 148°) of the Town of La Veta, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Huerfano and Las Animas counties. The Spanish Peaks are two large igneous stocks which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. East Spanish Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.

While the Spanish Peaks have the appearance of volcanic cones, they are actually stocks, remnants of an igneous batholith which formed underground around 25 million years ago. They are surrounded by radiating dikes, up to 14 miles (23 km) long, made of the same material.