The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres southwest of Aspen. Both peaks are fourteeners. Maroon Peak, at 4,317 metres, is the 27th highest peak …
The Maroon Bells are two peaks in the Elk Mountains, Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak, separated by about half a kilometer. The mountains are on the border between Pitkin County and Gunnison County, Colorado, United States, about 19 kilometres southwest of Aspen. Both peaks are fourteeners. Maroon Peak, at 4,317 metres, is the 27th highest peak in Colorado. North Maroon Peak, at 4,273 metres, is the 50th highest. The view of the Maroon Bells to the southwest from the Maroon Creek valley is very heavily photographed. The peaks are located in the Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest. Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness was one of five areas in Colorado designated as wilderness in the original Wilderness Act of 1964. The Wilderness area surrounds the extremely popular Maroon Bells Scenic Area, which is a major access point for Wilderness travel.
Elevation: 4317 m (14163 ft) · NAVD88
Location: Gunnison and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States
Peak: Maroon Peak
Prominence: 712 m (2336 ft)
Isolation: 12.97 km (8.06 mi)
Listing: North America highest peaks 49th · US highest major peaks 35th · Colorado highest major peaks 17th · Colorado fourteeners 24th
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