Mount Harvard is the third highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent fourteener is the highest summit of the Collegiate Peaks and the fourth highest summit in the contiguous United States. Mount Harvard is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, northwest by west (bearing 304°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Harvard is the highest point in Chaffee County and is higher than any point in the United States east of its longitude. The mountain was named in honor of Harvard University.

Some hikers choose to do a "traverse" from the summit of Mount Harvard to nearby Mount Columbia as well, which follows a Ridgeline. Once on Mount Columbia, the West Slopes Route would be descended back down into the basin. This traverse is noted to be a long, strenuous, tedious undertaking and there is no trail along the ridge.

Climate

See also

  • List of mountain peaks of North America
  • List of mountain peaks of the United States
  • List of mountain peaks of Colorado
  • List of Colorado county high points
  • List of Colorado fourteeners

Notes

References

  • Mount Harvard on 14ers.com
  • Mount Harvard on Distantpeak.com
  • Mount Harvard on Summitpost
  • Photo Journal of a Hike up Mount Harvard
  • Mount Harvard on Colorado Fourteener Initiative