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Ellingwood Point

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4 285 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

104 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

Proportional Prominence 2 264 m

14er

Mountains higher than 14 ⁠000 ⁠ft / 4 ⁠267 ⁠m with at least 300 ⁠ft / 91 ⁠m of topographic prominence.

About

Ellingwood Point is a high mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,048-foot (4,282 m) fourteener is located on the Sierra Blanca Massif, 9.9 miles (16.0 km) north by east (bearing 7°) of the Town of Blanca, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating the Rio Grande National Forest and Alamosa County from the San Isabel National Forest and Huerfano County. Ellingwood Point was named in honor of Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular.

There's a trail called Ellingwood Point Climber's Route leading to the summit.

By elevation Ellingwood Point is

# 2 out of 68 in Huerfano County
# 2 out of 11 in Alamosa County
# 86 out of 91437 in USA
# 43 out of 4045 in Colorado
# 4 out of 155 in Rio Grande National Forest
# 8 out of 197 in San Isabel National Forest
# 5 out of 65 in Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area
# 43 out of 4253 in the Southern Rocky Mountains
# 8 out of 549 in the Sangre de Cristo Range

By prominence Ellingwood Point is

# 28 out of 68 in Huerfano County
# 7 out of 11 in Alamosa County
# 43 out of 65 in Sangre de Cristo Wilderness Area