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38% Northwest Ridge (Standard)
34% Southwest Ridge
19% Northwest Ridge
7% Ellingwood Ridge
La Plata Peak
La Plata Peak is a Colorado 14er in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness. The peak's name means 'silver' in Spanish. This comes from the many silver deposits in the area. The nearby ghost towns of Winfield and Hamilton were prominent silver mining towns in the early part of the 20th Century. A distinguishing feature of La Plata Peak is a 2 mile long northeast ridge called the Ellingwood Ridge. The Ellingwood Ridge is a technical (Class 3) jagged series of rock pinnacles and towers guaranteed to exhaust you.
La Plata Peak SUMMIT LOG peakery first ascent by joshcouts
44
people report climbing or hiking to the summit,
most recently on Aug 27, 2011.
Below are trip reports and shared pictures from their climbs.
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Elevation
14,361 ft / 4,377 m
Prominence
Height Rank
1,836 ft / 560 m
#4 in Colorado
#23 in United States
Sawatch Range
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