Blanca Peak information

Blanca Peak Tripoint
Blanca Peak Tripoint
Highest point
Elevation	14,326 ft (4,367 m)
Parent peak	Blanca Peak
Listing	Colorado county high points
Coordinates	37°34′40″N 105°29′07″W / 37.577824°N 105.48541°W
Geography
Location	Tripoint of Alamosa, Costilla, and Huerfano counties, Colorado, US High point of Huerfano County.

Blanca Peak
Blanca Peak
Sis Naajinį́ (in Navajo)
	View of Blanca Peak (left of center) from Mt. Lindsey
Highest point
Elevation	14,351 ft (4374 m); NAVD88
Prominence	5326 ft (1623 m)
Isolation	103.4 mi (166.4 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 33rd; US highest major peaks 19th; US most prominent peaks 103rd; US most isolated peaks 49th; Colorado highest major peaks 4th; Colorado fourteeners 4th; Colorado county high points 3rd;
Coordinates	37°34′38″N 105°29′09″W / 37.5772269°N 105.4858447°W
Geography
	Blanca Peak High point of both Alamosa and Costilla counties, Colorado, US
Parent range	Highest summit of the; Sangre de Cristo Mountains,; Sangre de Cristo Range, and; Sierra Blanca Massif
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Blanca Peak, Colorado
Climbing
First ascent	August 14, 1874 by the Wheeler Survey (first recorded)
Easiest route	Northwest Face/North Ridge: Scramble (class 2)

Blanca Peak (Navajo: Sis Naajinį́; Ute: Peeroradarath; Tewa: Pintsae'i'i) is the fourth highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The ultra-prominent 14,351-foot (4,374 m) peak is the highest summit of the Sierra Blanca Massif, the Sangre de Cristo Range, and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The fourteener is located 9.6 miles (15.5 km) north by east (bearing 9°) of the Town of Blanca, on the drainage divide separating Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant and Costilla County. The summit is the highest point of both counties and the entire drainage basin of the Rio Grande. Below the steep North Face of Blanca Peak two live Glaciers once developed, until extinction sometime after 1903. North & South Blanca Glaciers were located at 37° 35N.,longitude 105° 28W. Blanca Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.^[b]^[1]^[2]^[5]

The Blanca Peak Tripoint of Alamosa, Costilla, and Huerfano counties is located on the same drainage divide approximately 251 feet (77 m) northeast by north (bearing 30°) of the Blanca Peak summit at the boundary of the San Isabel National Forest. The Blanca Peak Tripoint is the highest point in Huerfano County.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Blanca Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Blanca Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
^ "Blanca Peak Routes". 14ers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Blanca Peak-Northeast Slope, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.
^ Beeton, Jared Maxwell; Saenz, Charles Nicholas; Waddell, Benjamin James (2020-08-24). The Geology, Ecology, and Human History of the San Luis Valley. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 978-1-64642-040-7.

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[PB-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Blanca Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.

[GNIS-2] "Blanca Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 19, 2014.

[3] "Blanca Peak Routes". 14ers.com.

[PB2-5] "Blanca Peak-Northeast Slope, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 14, 2014.

[:0-7] Beeton, Jared Maxwell; Saenz, Charles Nicholas; Waddell, Benjamin James (2020-08-24). The Geology, Ecology, and Human History of the San Luis Valley. University Press of Colorado. ISBN 978-1-64642-040-7.

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Blanca Peak
Sis Naajinį́ (in Navajo)
View of Blanca Peak (left of center) from Mt. Lindsey
Highest point
Elevation	14,351 ft (4374 m)^[1] NAVD88
Prominence	5326 ft (1623 m)^[1]
Isolation	103.4 mi (166.4 km)^[1]
Listing	North America highest peaks 33rd US highest major peaks 19th US most prominent peaks 103rd US most isolated peaks 49th Colorado highest major peaks 4th Colorado fourteeners 4th Colorado county high points 3rd
Coordinates	37°34′38″N 105°29′09″W / 37.5772269°N 105.4858447°W / 37.5772269; -105.4858447^[2]
Geography
Blanca Peak High point of both Alamosa and Costilla counties, Colorado, US^[1]
Parent range	Highest summit of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Sangre de Cristo Range, and Sierra Blanca Massif^[1]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Blanca Peak, Colorado^[2]
Climbing
First ascent	August 14, 1874 by the Wheeler Survey (first recorded)
Easiest route	Northwest Face/North Ridge: Scramble (class 2)^[3]

Blanca Peak Tripoint
Highest point
Elevation	14,326 ft (4,367 m)^[a]^[4]
Parent peak	Blanca Peak^[4]
Listing	Colorado county high points
Coordinates	37°34′40″N 105°29′07″W / 37.577824°N 105.48541°W / 37.577824; -105.48541^[4]
Geography
Location	Tripoint of Alamosa, Costilla, and Huerfano counties, Colorado, US High point of Huerfano County.^[4]