Ellingwood Point

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Ellingwood Point

View of Blanca Peak (left) and Ellingwood Point (center) from summit of Mount Lindsey
Elevation 14,048 ft (4,282 m) NAVD 88[1]
Prominence 322 ft (98 m)[1]
Parent peak Blanca Peak
Listing Colorado Fourteener
Location
Ellingwood Point
Colorado
Location Alamosa / Huerfano counties, Colorado, U.S.
Range Sangre de Cristo Range
Coordinates 37°34′57″N 105°29′33″W / 37.58250°N 105.49250°W / 37.58250; -105.49250Coordinates: 37°34′57″N 105°29′33″W / 37.58250°N 105.49250°W / 37.58250; -105.49250[2]
Topo map USGS Blanca Peak
Climbing
Easiest route Class 2 scramble

Ellingwood Point, or Ellingwood Peak, is a fourteener in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located at the southern end of the Sangre de Cristo Range, approximately 1/2 mile (1 km) northwest of Blanca Peak. It lies on the border between Alamosa County and Huerfano County. It is named for Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular.

Ellingwood Point only barely qualifies as an independent peak under the 300-foot (91 m) topographic prominence cutoff which is standard in Colorado. It is also quite close to its parent peak, Blanca Peak. Hence its inclusion in fourteener lists has been somewhat controversial. However most authorities do consider it a true fourteener.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Ellingwood Point, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-05-30. 
  2. ↑ "Ellingwood Point". Geographic Names Information System, U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2011-02-22. 
  3. ↑ Louis W. Dawson II (1996). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-2-6. 

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A view of Ellingwood Point and Blanca Peak from just above the Blue Lakes
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