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Monarch Crest, Colorado

Prominence: 498 ft, 152 m

Elevation: 11,898 feet, 3627 meters

True Isolation: 1.16 mi, 1.87 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 11,904 ft / 3629 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 29' 44'' N, 106° 19' 7'' W 38.495671, -106.318657 (Dec Deg) 385007 E 4261637 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Colorado
County/Second Level Region	Chaffee Gunnison
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Monarch Crest": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Monarch Ridge; South at ListsOfJohn South Monarch Ridge at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 43 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 40) Selected Trip Reports: 2018-02-17 by William Musser (Unsuccessful) 2019-08-26 by William Musser (GPS Track) 2020-06-04 by Whiley Hall (GPS Track) 2022-08-29 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
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Monarch Crest PB marked location, looking south away from all the comm towers. USFS Benchmark "MONARCH 1962" is at the bottom. (2022-08-29). Photo by Steven Fishback.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 498 ft/152 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 538 ft/164 m
  Key Col: 11,400 ft/3475 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 1.16 mi/1.87 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 38.4817, -106.3067
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Mount Peck  (SE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains
Range4: Sawatch Range
Range5: Southern Sawatch Range

Drainage Basins

Arkansas
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Gunnison
Colorado
Gulf of California
Pacific-Central America/Mexico
Pacific Ocean

Ownership

Land: Grand Mesa-Uncompahgre-Gunnison National Forest/Pike and San Isabel National Forest

Topo Map

Pahlone Peak O38106d3 1:24,000

Data Source

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Jerry Beals.

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