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The Collegiate Peaks Wilderness is a area located in central Colorado between Leadville and Buena Vista to the east and Aspen to the west and Crested Butte to the southwest.[1]

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  1. 42 relations: Arkansas River, Aspen, Colorado, Buena Vista, Colorado, Buffalo Peaks Wilderness, Chaffee County, Colorado, Colorado, Colorado Springs, Colorado, Colorado Trail, Continental Divide of the Americas, Continental Divide Trail, Crested Butte, Colorado, Drainage basin, Fourteener, Gunnison County, Colorado, Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison River, Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness, Huron Peak, Independence Pass (Colorado), La Plata Peak, Lake County, Colorado, Leadville, Colorado, Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness, Missouri Mountain, Mount Belford, Mount Columbia (Colorado), Mount Harvard, Mount Massive Wilderness, Mount Oxford (Colorado), Mount Princeton, Mount Yale, Pinus ponderosa, Pitkin County, Colorado, Roaring Fork River, San Isabel National Forest, Sawatch Range, United States, United States Forest Service, Ute people, White River National Forest, Wilderness Act, Winfield, Colorado.

  2. 1980 establishments in Colorado
  3. Gunnison National Forest
  4. Wilderness areas of Colorado

Arkansas River

The Arkansas River is a major tributary of the Mississippi River.

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Aspen, Colorado

Aspen is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.

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Buena Vista, Colorado

Buena Vista is a Statutory Town located in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.

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Buffalo Peaks Wilderness

The Buffalo Peaks Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in San Isabel and Pike National Forests in central Colorado. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and Buffalo Peaks Wilderness are IUCN Category Ib, San Isabel National Forest and wilderness areas of Colorado.

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Chaffee County, Colorado

Chaffee County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Colorado Springs, Colorado

Colorado Springs is a city in and the county seat of El Paso County, Colorado, United States.

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Colorado Trail

The Colorado Trail is a long-distance trail running for from the mouth of Waterton Canyon southwest of Denver to Durango in Colorado, United States.

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Continental Divide of the Americas

The Continental Divide of the Americas (also known as the Great Divide, the Western Divide or simply the Continental Divide) is the principal, and largely mountainous, hydrological divide of the Americas.

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Continental Divide Trail

The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (in short Continental Divide Trail, CDT) is a United States National Scenic Trail with a length measured by the Continental Divide Trail Coalition of between the U.S. border with Chihuahua, Mexico and the border with Alberta, Canada.

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Crested Butte, Colorado

Crested Butte is a home rule municipality located in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.

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Drainage basin

A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean.

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Fourteener

In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a fourteener (also spelled 14er) is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least.

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Gunnison County, Colorado

Gunnison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Gunnison National Forest

The Gunnison National Forest is a U.S. National Forest covering 1,672,136 acres (2,612.71 sq mi, or 6,766.89 km2) in Mesa, Gunnison, Hinsdale and Saguache Counties in Western part of the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Gunnison River

The Gunnison River is located in western Colorado, United States and is one of the largest tributaries of the Colorado River.

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Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness

The Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in White River National Forest east of Aspen, Colorado. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and Hunter–Fryingpan Wilderness are IUCN Category Ib, White River National Forest and wilderness areas of Colorado.

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Huron Peak

Huron Peak is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and Huron Peak are San Isabel National Forest.

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Independence Pass (Colorado)

Independence Pass, originally known as Hunter Pass, is a high mountain pass in central Colorado, United States.

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La Plata Peak

La Plata Peak is the fifth-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and La Plata Peak are San Isabel National Forest.

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Lake County, Colorado

Lake County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Leadville, Colorado

Leadville is a statutory city that is the county seat, the most populous community, and the only incorporated municipality in Lake County, Colorado, United States.

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Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness

The Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in the Elk Mountains of central Colorado. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness are 1980 establishments in Colorado, Gunnison National Forest, IUCN Category Ib, Protected areas established in 1980, White River National Forest and wilderness areas of Colorado.

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Missouri Mountain

Missouri Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Collegiate Peaks of the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.

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Mount Belford

Mount Belford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.

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Mount Columbia (Colorado)

Mount Columbia is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.

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Mount Harvard

Mount Harvard is the third highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Mount Massive Wilderness

The Mount Massive Wilderness is a federally designated wilderness area in the Sawatch Range, located in the U.S. state of Colorado. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and Mount Massive Wilderness are IUCN Category Ib, Protected areas established in 1980, San Isabel National Forest and wilderness areas of Colorado.

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Mount Oxford (Colorado)

Mount Oxford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and mount Oxford (Colorado) are San Isabel National Forest.

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Mount Princeton

Mount Princeton is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and mount Princeton are San Isabel National Forest.

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Mount Yale

Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and mount Yale are San Isabel National Forest.

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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America.

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Pitkin County, Colorado

Pitkin County is a county in the U.S. state of Colorado.

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Roaring Fork River

Roaring Fork River is a tributary of the Colorado River, approximately long, in west central Colorado in the United States.

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San Isabel National Forest

San Isabel National Forest is located in central Colorado.

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Sawatch Range

The Sawatch Range or Saguache RangeThe place name "Saguache” is pronounced “Sawatch”. Collegiate Peaks Wilderness and Sawatch Range are San Isabel National Forest.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United States Forest Service

The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering of land.

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Ute people

Ute are the indigenous, or Native American people, of the Ute tribe and culture among the Indigenous peoples of the Great Basin.

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White River National Forest

White River National Forest is a National Forest in northwest Colorado.

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Wilderness Act

The Wilderness Act of 1964 is a federal land management statute meant to protect federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for designating wilderness.

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Winfield, Colorado

Winfield is a populated place in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.

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See also

1980 establishments in Colorado

Gunnison National Forest

Wilderness areas of Colorado

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collegiate_Peaks_Wilderness