Isolation 9.66 mi (15.55 km) Mountain type Andesite Prominence 811 m | Age of rock 20-25 myo Elevation 3,944 m Parent range Never Summer Mountains | |
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Listing Colorado prominent summits
Colorado range high points Location Continental Divide between Rocky Mountain National Park in Grand County and Jackson County, Colorado, United States Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Mount Richthofen, Colorado Mountain range Front Range, Never Summer Mountains, Rocky Mountains Similar Mount Julian, Static Peak, Clark Peak, Mount Jasper, Hagues Peak | ||
Mount Richthofen is the highest summit of the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 12,945-foot (3,946 m) peak is located 5.6 miles (9.0 km) northwest by west (bearing 308°) of Milner Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness in Rocky Mountain National Park and Grand County from Routt National Forest and Jackson County. The mountain was named in honor of pioneering German geologist Baron Ferdinand von Richthofen, apparently by Clarence King's 1870 survey team.
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Map of Mt Richthofen, Colorado 80447, USA
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The mountain is a steep Class 3 climb. Needles and Grenadiers explorerer William S. Cooper climbed Mount Richthofen by himself in 1908 in what is presumed to be the first ascent. No sign of previous climbers were present at that time.