Mount Oxford | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,160 ft (4,316 m) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 653 ft (199 m) [3] |
Isolation | 1.22 mi (1.96 km) [3] |
Listing | Colorado Fourteener 26th |
Coordinates | 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. [4] |
Parent range |
Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks [3] |
Topo map |
USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Harvard, Colorado [1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Via Mt. Belford: Hike, class 2 [5] |
Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,160-foot (4,316 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) northwest ( bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oxford. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Mount Oxford lies 1.2 miles (2.0 km) east by north of the slightly higher Mount Belford. For this reason it is often climbed in combination with Mount Belford. [6]
Mount Oxford | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,160 ft (4,316 m) [1] [2] |
Prominence | 653 ft (199 m) [3] |
Isolation | 1.22 mi (1.96 km) [3] |
Listing | Colorado Fourteener 26th |
Coordinates | 38°57′53″N 106°20′20″W / 38.9648153°N 106.3388148°W [1] |
Geography | |
Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S. [4] |
Parent range |
Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks [3] |
Topo map |
USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Harvard, Colorado [1] |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Via Mt. Belford: Hike, class 2 [5] |
Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,160-foot (4,316 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 14.2 miles (22.9 km) northwest ( bearing 311°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named in honor of the University of Oxford. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Mount Oxford lies 1.2 miles (2.0 km) east by north of the slightly higher Mount Belford. For this reason it is often climbed in combination with Mount Belford. [6]