Mount Yale
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Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,200-foot (4328.2 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.4 miles (15.2 km) west by north (bearing 276°) of Buena Vista, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of Elihu Yale, the primary benefactor of what is now Yale University.[1][2][3]
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Mount Yale | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 14,200 ft (4328.2 m)[1] NAVD88 |
Prominence | 1896 ft (578 m)[2] |
Isolation | 5.55 mi (8.93 km)[2] |
Listing | |
Coordinates | 38°50′39″N 106°18′50″W[1] |
Geography | |
Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3] |
Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[2] |
Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Yale, Colorado[1] |
Climbing | |
First ascent | August 18, 1869 by William Brewer, William Davis, Robert Moore, S. Sharpless, Josiah Whitney |
Easiest route | Southwest Slopes: Hike, class 2[4] |
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