East Spanish Peak

East Spanish Peak
East Spanish Peak

Colorado

Elevation 12,688 ft (3,867 m)[1][2]
Prominence 2,383 ft (726 m)[2]
Isolation 4.21 mi (6.78 km)[2]
Parent peak West Spanish Peak[2]
Listing Colorado prominent summits
Location
Location Huerfano and Las Animas counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Range Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Spanish Peaks[2]
Coordinates 37°23′36″N 104°55′12″W / 37.393404°N 104.9200632°WCoordinates: 37°23′36″N 104°55′12″W / 37.393404°N 104.9200632°W[4]
Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Spanish Peaks, Colorado[4]
Climbing
Easiest route West Ridge: hike/scramble class 2

East Spanish Peak is a prominent mountain summit that is the lower of the two Spanish Peaks in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 12,688-foot (3,867 m) peak is located in the Spanish Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.3 miles (14.9 km) southeast by south (bearing 148°) of the Town of La Veta, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Huerfano and Las Animas counties.[1][2][3][4] The Spanish Peaks are two large igneous stocks which form an eastern outlier of the Culebra Range, a subrange of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. East Spanish Peak is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude.

Geology

While the Spanish Peaks have the appearance of volcanic cones, they are actually stocks, remnants of an igneous batholith which formed underground around 25 million years ago. They are surrounded by radiating dikes, up to 14 miles (23 km) long, made of the same material.[5]

Hiking/climbing

The standard ascent route for East Spanish Peak ascends the west ridge of the peak from the saddle between it and West Spanish Peak. A trail ascends to the saddle from the north side of the peaks.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The elevation of East Spanish Peak includes an adjustment of +1.372 m (+4.50 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "East Spanish Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "East Spanish Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "East Spanish Peak". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  5. ↑ "The Spanish Peaks". Sangres.com. Retrieved 2011-05-15.
  6. ↑ "East Spanish Peak". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-15.

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