Sawatch Range

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The Sawatch Range is a high mountain range in central Colorado known for containing many of the state's tallest peaks, including Mount Elbert, the highest point in the Rocky Mountains.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf geographical region
mountain range
borderedBy Arkansas River Valley
Gunnison River NERFINISHED
Roaring Fork Valley
Upper Arkansas River
contains Huron Peak NERFINISHED
La Plata Peak NERFINISHED
Missouri Mountain
Mount Antero NERFINISHED
Mount Belford
Mount Columbia
Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert Forebay
Mount Harvard
Mount Massive NERFINISHED
Mount Oxford
Mount Princeton NERFINISHED
Mount Shavano NERFINISHED
Mount Yale
Mount of the Holy Cross
Tabeguache Peak
containsPass Cottonwood Pass
Independence Pass
Monarch Pass
containsWildernessArea Collegiate Peaks Wilderness
Holy Cross Wilderness
Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness
country United States
drainage Arkansas River
Colorado River
elevationMax_m 4401
geology Precambrian rocks
granitic rocks
highestPoint Mount Elbert
knownFor containing Mount Elbert, the highest point in the Rocky Mountains
containing many of Colorado's highest peaks
locatedIn Chaffee County, Colorado NERFINISHED
Colorado
Gunnison County, Colorado NERFINISHED
Lake County, Colorado NERFINISHED
Pitkin County, Colorado NERFINISHED
central Colorado
orientation north–south
partOf Rocky Mountains
Southern Rocky Mountains
popularFor backpacking
fourteener climbing
hiking
mountaineering
traversedBy Continental Divide


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