Mount Harvard

Mount Harvard is a Colorado 14er and also the fourth highest mountain in the contiguous United States. It was named in 1869 by members of the first Harvard Mining School class while on expedition with professor Josiah Dwight Whitney, the namesake of Mount Whitney. The same group named the peak next to Harvard Mount Yale, and estimated that it was over 14,000 feet in height. Harvard and Yale were the first 14,000 foot mountains in the Sawatch Range to be named after universities. Later, nearby mountains were named for Princeton, Columbia, and Oxford, leading to the name “Collegiate Peaks” for this part of the Sawatch Range. Harvard is often climbed in combination with Mount Columbia.
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Mount Harvard SUMMIT LOG peakery first ascent by llama23

34 people report climbing or hiking to the summit, most recently on Aug 25, 2012. Below are trip reports and shared pictures from their climbs.

Others who’ve claimed Mount Harvard

  • bfsmith
  • DandyDon
  • BobbyFinn
  • susanjoypaul
  • 14erkid
  • madeinus
  • TI83plus
  • mattdipaolo
  • Shreddergirl
  • narcolepticdog
  • 123emma
  • mdedio
  • marmot
  • cponyicky
  • Alpenglo
  • roald
  • william.musser
  • anton.mayer
  • JOEYZOCCO
  • jasonfoisset1
  • bmannlein

Routes Used trails & approaches

28% from the south

23% South Slopes

19% Harvar/Columbia Traverse

19% Horn Fork Basin

4% Frenchman Creek thd

4% Rabbit Ears Ridge

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Elevation

14,427 ft / 4,397 m

Prominence

2,360 ft / 719 m

Height Rank

#3 in Colorado

#20 in United States

Range

Sawatch Range

Location

Colorado, United States

Peak Lists

Colorado Fourteeners

Claimed by

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  • llama23
  • bfsmith
  • DandyDon
  • tygrubb
  • BobbyFinn
  • MountainHiker
  • susanjoypaul
  • aaron
  • 14erkid
  • madeinus
  • TI83plus
  • amadisofgaul

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