Blanca Peak
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Blanca Peak is one of Colorado’s highest and most prominent mountains, a rugged fourteener in the Sangre de Cristo Range revered by climbers and significant in Native American culture.
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fourteener
ⓘ
mountain ⓘ summit ⓘ |
| climbingClassOfStandardRoute | Class 2 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| elevation |
14345 ft
ⓘ
4372 m ⓘ |
| firstAscentBy | Wheeler Survey party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAscentYear | 1874 ⓘ |
| geologicalType | fault-block mountain ⓘ |
| hasGlacialFeatures | yes ⓘ |
| hasLake |
Blue Lakes
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lake Como NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNativeAmericanSignificance | yes ⓘ |
| hasSubpeak |
Ellingwood Point
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Little Bear Peak NERFINISHED ⓘ Mount Lindsey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isHighPointOf |
Alamosa County, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ Sangre de Cristo Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ Sangre de Cristo Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isOneOf |
Colorado fourteeners
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Navajo sacred mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ highest summits of the Rocky Mountains ⓘ |
| isPopularFor |
hiking
ⓘ
mountaineering ⓘ scrambling ⓘ |
| knownInNavajoAs | Sisnaajiní NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Colorado
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| locatedInCounty |
Alamosa County, Colorado
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Costilla County, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInMountainRange | Sangre de Cristo Range NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | San Luis Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meaningOfNavajoName | White Shell Mountain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mountainRange | Sangre de Cristo Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestCommunity | Blanca, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearestMajorTown | Alamosa, Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Rocky Mountains NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionInNavajoCosmology | sacred mountain of the east ⓘ |
| prominence |
1624 m
ⓘ
5326 ft ⓘ |
| rankingByElevationInColorado | 4 ⓘ |
| rankingByProminenceInColorado | 3 ⓘ |
| rockType | Precambrian metamorphic rock ⓘ |
| sacredTo |
Navajo people
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ute people NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| standardRoute | Northwest Face via Lake Como Road NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| topographicIsolation |
37.2 mi
ⓘ
59.9 km ⓘ |
| USGSTopographicMap | Blanca Peak quadrangle ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
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