Mt Antero Colorado Map
Antero was the leader of the uintah band of ute indians.
Mt antero colorado map. Neighboring mountains tabeguache shavano and ouray are also american indian names. 285 and turn right west on chaffee county road 162 towards mt. Cross a rocky ridge toward mt. Once across the ridge continue up some class 2 talus for about 400 ft to reach mt.
Mount antero is east of baldwin gulch. Shavano tabeguache peak. Chief antero was a proponent of peace between the utes and the white men during the uprising of the late 1860 s and 1870 s. David herrera cc by 2 0.
The views are slightly unique as there s way more road than on any other sawatch 14er. Antero is the 10th highest peak in the state at 14 269 feet in elevation. There are 3 main. It was first prospected in the late 1800 s as were most of the rest of the mountains in the state.
He was one of the signers of the washington treaty of 1880 which led to the utes losing most of their land. Trailhead from the junction of u s. Oxford belford and missouri mountain. Mount antero from mapcarta the free map.
Notable places in the area. 24 south of buena vista drive 5 5 miles south on u s. The range is oriented from north to south along the western edge of south park a large relatively flat high mountain valley in central colorado. Caltopo route map legend.
It s easiest to stay just to the right of ridge proper it s flatter and less treacherous. Mount antero mount antero is a mountain in colorado and has an elevation of 14 121 feet. It is located between the towns of buena vista and salida and borders the west of the arkansas river valley in the collegiate peaks range see map. Mount antero is the highest colorado mountain named after a native american indian.
Mount antero is one of many peaks that exceed 14 000 feet over 4 267m in elevation in the sawatch mountain range of colorado. The prominent 14 276 foot 4351 4 m fourteener is located in san isabel national forest 12 2 miles 19 6 km southwest by south bearing 208 of the town of buena vista in chaffee county colorado united states. Drive almost 12 5 miles on this road dirt after 10 miles to reach the signed baldwin gulch jeep road on the left also listed as the 277 road. Antero s fairly large summit.
Beau max off on their own tour 14er.