Mount Democrat

Mount Democrat is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,155-foot (4,314 m) fourteener is located 5.4 miles (8.7 km) northwest (bearing 313°) of the Town of Alma, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Lake County from Pike National Forest and Park County.[1][2][3][4]

Mount Democrat
Mount Democrat as seen from Mount Bross
Highest point
Elevation14,155 ft (4,314 m)[1][2]
Prominence768 ft (234 m)[3]
Parent peakMount Cameron
Isolation1.27 mi (2.04 km)[3]
ListingColorado Fourteener 28th
Coordinates39°20′23″N 106°08′24″W[1]
Geography
Mount Democrat is located in Colorado
Mount Democrat
Mount Democrat
LocationLake and Park counties, Colorado, U.S.[4]
Parent rangeMosquito Range[3]
Topo mapUSGS 7.5' topographic map
Climax, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest routeEast Slope: Hike, class 2[5]

Mountain

Mount Democrat is often climbed together with Mount Lincoln and nearby Mount Bross.[6] For more information on this group of peaks, including access issues, see Mount Lincoln.

Historical names
  • Republic Mountain
  • Mount Buckskin
  • Mount Democrat [4]

See also

References
  1. "MT DEMOCRAT ET". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. The elevation of Mount Democrat includes an adjustment of +2.086 m (+6.84 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
  3. "Mount Democrat, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  4. "Mount Democrat". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 29, 2014.
  5. "Mt. Democrat Routes". 14ers.com.
  6. Louis W. Dawson II (1994). Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1. Blue Clover Press. ISBN 0-9628867-1-8.
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