Torrey's Peak
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Torrey's Peak from Grays Peak seen from |
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height | 4,349 m (14,267 feet) | |
location | Colorado ( USA ) | |
Mountains | Rocky mountains | |
Coordinates | 39 ° 38 '0 " N , 105 ° 49' 0" W | |
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First ascent | 1861 by Charles C. Parry |
The Torrey's Peak is a mountain in the Front Range region of the Rocky Mountains in the US state of Colorado . At 4,349 meters high, it is one of the 54 so-called " Fourteeners " in Colorado, the mountains over 14,000 feet (4,267 m) high.
The first ascent took place in 1861 by the botanist Charles C. Parry , who named the mountain after his colleague John Torrey .
Torreys Peak is located on the continental divide in close proximity to Grays Peak . The Interstate 70 runs only a few kilometers away.