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Needle Mountains

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Elevation
  
14,089 ft (4,294 m)

Width
  
21 mi (34 km) E-W

Highest point
  
Windom Peak

Parent range
  
San Juan Mountains

Length
  
54 mi (87 km) N-S

Area
  
1,886 km²

Country
  
United States of America

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Mountains
  
Vestal Peak, Windom Peak, Sunlight Peak, Turret Peak, Jagged Mountain

Similar
  
San Juan Mountains, Vestal Peak, Rocky Mountains, Mount Eolus, Arrow Peak

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The Needle Mountains are a subrange of the San Juan Mountains of the Rocky Mountains located in the southwestern part of the U.S. State of Colorado. Much of the range is protected in the Weminuche Wilderness of the San Juan National Forest. The range is notable for having some of the most rugged mountains in the state, and includes many technical climbs and scrambles. A small but dramatic east-west subrange in the northern section is known as the Grenadier Range.

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Map of Needle Mountains, Colorado 81122, USA

Notable peaks include:

  • Mount Eolus, 14,083 ft
  • Windom Peak, 14,082 ft
  • Sunlight Peak, 14,059 ft
  • Pigeon Peak, 13,972 ft
  • Vestal Peak, 13,864 ft (Grenadier Range)
  • Turret Peak, 13,835 ft
  • Jagged Mountain, 13,824 ft
  • Arrow Peak, 13,803 ft (Grenadier Range)
  • Animas Mountain, 13,786 ft
  • Storm King Peak, 13,752 ft (Grenadier Range)
  • Mount Silex, 13,628 ft
  • The Guardian (Colorado), 13,617 ft
  • Leviathan Peak, 13,528 ft
  • Vallecito Mountain, 13,428 ft
  • Mount Garfield, 13,074 ft

    • References

    Needle Mountains Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA