Mount Columbia (Colorado)
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Mount Columbia as seen from Mount Harvard
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,077 ft (4,291 m) |
| Prominence | 893 ft (272 m) |
| Isolation | 1.90 mi (3.06 km) |
| Parent peak | Mount Harvard |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 35th |
| Coordinates | 38°54′14″N 106°17′51″W / 38.9039357°N 106.2974989°WCoordinates: 38°54′14″N 106°17′51″W / 38.9039357°N 106.2974989°W |
| Geography | |
 Mount Columbia
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| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. |
| Parent range |
Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks |
| Topo map |
USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Columbia, Colorado |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1916 by Roger Toll |
| Easiest route | Scramble |
Mount Columbia is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,077-foot (4,291 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.9 miles (16.0 km) northwest by west (bearing 301°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of Columbia University in the City of New York and in commemoration of its rowing victory at the renowned Henley Royal Regatta in 1878.
Along with nearby Mount Harvard, Mount Yale, Mount Princeton, and Mount Oxford, Mount Columbia is one of five Collegiate Peaks named for prominent universities. Due to an awful scree field located on the standard route, Mount Columbia is usually only climbed by those wishing to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners.
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