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List of the major 3000-meter summits of the Rocky Mountains


The following sortable table comprises the 184 peaks of the Rocky Mountains of North America with at least 3000 meters (9843 feet) of elevation and at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.

The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways:

In the Rocky Mountains, 62 major summits exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, 137 exceed 3500 meters (11,483 feet), and the following 184 exceed 3000 meters (9843 feet) elevation.

Of the 401 major 3000-meter summits of greater North America, the following 184 (or 46%) are in the Rocky Mountains.

Of these 184 major 3000-meter summits of the Rocky Mountains, 116 are located in Colorado, 17 in Wyoming, 15 in Montana, 12 in Alberta, 11 in British Columbia, seven in New Mexico, five in Idaho, and four in Utah. Three of these summits lie on the Great Divide between Alberta and British Columbia. The 30 highest major summits of the Rocky Mountains are all located in Colorado.

1. Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains and the U.S. State of Colorado.

2. Mount Massive in the Sawatch Range of Colorado is the second highest summit of the Rocky Mountains.

3. Mount Harvard is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks of Colorado.

4. Blanca Peak is the highest summit of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of Colorado.


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