Mount Massive

Mount Massive
Mount Massive
Highest point
Elevation	14,428 ft (4398 m); NAVD88
Prominence	1961 ft (598 m)
Isolation	5.06 mi (8.14 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 28th; US highest major peaks 15th; Colorado highest major peaks 2nd; Colorado fourteeners 2nd;
Coordinates	39°11′15″N 106°28′33″W
Geography
	Mount Massive Colorado
Location	Lake County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Sawatch Range, Highest summit; of the Massive Massif
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Mount Massive, Colorado
Climbing
First ascent	1873 by Henry Gannett
Easiest route	East Slopes: Hike, class 2

Mount Massive (Arapaho: Hiwoxuu hookuhu'ee) is the second-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the U.S. state of Colorado. The prominent 14,428-foot (4,398 m) fourteener of the Sawatch Range is located in the Mount Massive Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 10.6 miles (17.1 km) west-southwest (bearing 247°) of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States. Mount Massive edges out the third-highest summit of the Rockies, Mount Harvard, by 7 feet (2.1 m), but falls short of Mount Elbert by 12 feet (3.7 m). It ranks as the third-highest peak in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney and Mount Elbert.

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