Mount Massive
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Mount Massive (Arapaho: Hiwoxuu hookuhu'ee) is the second-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,428-foot (4,398 m) fourteener of the Sawatch Range is located in the Mount Massive Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) west-southwest (bearing 247°) of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States. Mount Massive edges out the third-highest summit of the Rockies, Mount Harvard, by 7 feet (2.1 m), but falls short of Mount Elbert by 12 feet (3.7 m). It ranks as the third-highest peak in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney and Mount Elbert.[lower-alpha 1][1][3][2][5]
Mount Massive | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,428 ft (4398 m)[1] NAVD88 |
Prominence | 1961 ft (598 m)[1] |
Isolation | 5.06 mi (8.14 km)[1] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 39°11′15″N 106°28′33″W[2] |
Geography | |
Location | Lake County, Colorado, U.S.[3] |
Parent range | Sawatch Range, Highest summit of the Massive Massif[1] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Massive, Colorado[2] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | 1873 by Henry Gannett |
Easiest route | East Slopes: Hike, class 2[4] |