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Blanca Peak, Colorado

Prominence: 5326 ft, 1623 m

Elevation: 14,345 feet, 4372 meters

True Isolation: 103.37 mi, 166.36 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 14,351 ft / 4374 m
Subpeaks	Blanca Peak-Northeast Slope (14,320 ft/4365 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 34' 39'' N; 105° 29' 8'' W 37.577491, -105.485649 (Dec Deg) 457118E 4159049N Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Alamosa (Highest Point) Costilla (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Blanca Peak": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Blanca Peak at SummitPost.org Blanca Peak at ListsOfJohn.com CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Ken Akerman CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Adam Helman CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Dave Covill CoHP.org Trip Report for Alamosa, CO by Kevin Baker CoHP.org Trip Report for Costilla, CO by David Covill Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Blanca Peak: USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #5) USA/Canada Range4 High Points (Rank #9) USA Lower 48 Top 400 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #46) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 4000 feet of Prominence (Rank #46) North America 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #48) USA Lower 48 Drainage Basin High Points (Rank #5) USA Lower 48 Range4 High Points (Rank #4) USA Lower 48 Top 100 Peaks by Prominence (Rank #46) Colorado 13,500 foot Peaks (Rank #4) Colorado 13,700-foot Peaks (Rank #4) Western USA CoHPs (Rank #11) USA Lower 48 Peaks with 100 miles of Isolation (Rank #39) Western Contiguous USA CoHPs (Rank #6) Sacred Navajo Mountains (Rank #1) Colorado 14,000-foot Peaks (Rank #4) 2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #39) U.S. County High Points over 13,000 feet - 48 States (Rank #6) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak: Colorado's Fourteeners: From Hikes to Climbs (Roach) A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners (Borneman, Lampert) Hiking Colorado's Summits (Mitchler, Covill) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 1966-07-15 by Larry Versaw 1982 by Jonathan Graber 2001-06-13 by Petter Bjørstad 2003-07-14 by Joe Lavelle 2004-09-02 by Chris Jaquet 2005-09-09 by Mountain Man Henry The (Unsuccessful) 2006-07-22 by Brian Kalet 2007-08-04 by Cynthia Nemcik (Unsuccessful) 2008-06-19 by Patrick Lilly 2008-10-04 by Matthias Ihl 2010-08-15 by Peter Blaser 2010-09-04 by Greg Slayden (GPS Track) 2011-08-21 by Donnie Puckle 2012-07-23 by Rob Woodall (GPS Track) 2012-08-24 by BMS 914 (GPS Track) 2012-08-24 by Eric Kassan (GPS Track) 2012-08-24 by Hannah Wilner 2013-07-05 by Alan Bernier 2013-08-23 by Daryn Dodge 2014-08-08 by William Musser View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Blanca Peak Elevation Ladder from Blanca Peak Prominence Ladder from Blanca Peak

Blanca Peak lords over the open expanses of the San Luis Valley.

Web Map Links

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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 5326 ft/1623 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 5326 ft/1623 m
  Line Parent: Mount Harvard
  Key Col: Poncha Pass    9019 ft/2749 m

Isolation

103.37 mi/166.36 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Harvard  (NNW)
Isolation Limit Point: 38° 55' 28'' N; 106° 19' 8'' W
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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains
Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range (Highest Point)
Range5: Sierra Blanca (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Rio Grande (HP)
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Arkansas
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Rio Grande National Forest (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Blanca Peak O37105e4 1:24,000

First Ascent