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Mount Antero /ænˈtɛəroʊ/ is the highest summit of the southern Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,276-foot (4351.4 m) fourteener is located in San Isabel National Forest, 12.2 miles (19.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 208°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][4][2][3] The mountain is named in honor of Chief Antero of the Uintah band of the Ute people.[5]

Mount Antero
Mt. Antero seen from U.S. 285.
Highest point
Elevation	14,276 ft (4351.4 m)[1] NAVD88
Prominence	2503 ft (763 m)[2]
Isolation	17.67 mi (28.4 km)[2]
Listing	North America highest peaks 40th US highest major peaks 26th Colorado highest major peaks 11th Colorado fourteeners 11th
Coordinates	38°40′27″N 106°14′46″W[1]
Geography
Mount Antero Colorado
Location	Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[3]
Parent range	Sawatch Range[2]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Antero, Colorado[1]
Climbing
Easiest route	Hike

Mountain

Mount Antero is prized for its gemstone deposits and has one of the highest concentrations of aquamarine in the country. There are several active private mining claims being exploited on Mount Antero and surrounding peaks.

The peak is located due south of the more visually prominent Mount Princeton. Mount Antero is one of the most prominent peaks of the Sawatch Range, rising an impressive 7,200 feet above the town of Salida, Colorado to the southeast. There are two popular climbing routes on Mount Antero. The generally accepted hiking route is from the east starting at the Browns Creek Trailhead and paralleling Little Browns Creek to its upper reaches where it crosses Forest Road 1A, then following the road near to the summit. The other route, which begins near the ghost town of St. Elmo, follows the same forest road from the north up Baldwin Creek. This route has heavy mining and tourist traffic in fair weather during the summer months.

The peak was surveyed by the Pike Expedition in 1806. A forest service sign at the Browns Creek trailhead commemorates the expedition camp at the eastern base of the peak.

On July 20, 2018, 5-time World mountain running Champion Joseph Gray ran the fastest known time (FKT) up Mount Antero from the bottom of FS road 277 to the top of Mount Antero in 1:23:10.[6]

Historical names

• Antero Peak
• Mount Antero[3]

See also

• List of mountain peaks of Colorado
• List of Colorado fourteeners

References

• San Isabel National Forest Map, United States Department of Agriculture, Forest Service (2003)

External links

• Mount Antero at 14ers.com
• Mount Antero at Colorado Fourteeners Initiative^{[permanent dead link]}
• Mount Antero at Distantpeak.com
• Mount Antero at ListsofJohn.com
• Mount Antero at Peakbagger.com
• Mount Antero at Peakery.com
• Mount Antero at USDA Forest Service
• Various Photos of Mt. Antero
• Video of Mount Antero

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Le mont Antero, en anglais Mount Antero, est un sommet montagneux américain dans le comté de Chaffee, au Colorado. Il culmine à 4 349 mètres d'altitude dans la chaîne Sawatch. Il est protégé au sein de la forêt nationale de San Isabel.

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