Mount Yale

Mount Yale
Mount Yale
	Mount Yale is the highest peak seen in this picture
Highest point
Elevation	14,200 ft (4328.2 m); NAVD88
Prominence	1896 ft (578 m)
Isolation	5.55 mi (8.93 km)
Listing	North America highest peaks 47th; US highest major peaks 33rd; Colorado highest major peaks 16th; Colorado fourteeners 21st;
Coordinates	38°50′39″N 106°18′50″W
Geography
	Mount Yale Colorado
Location	Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Sawatch Range,; Collegiate Peaks
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Mount Yale, Colorado
Climbing
First ascent	August 18, 1869 by William Brewer, William Davis, Robert Moore, S. Sharpless, Josiah Whitney
Easiest route	Southwest Slopes: Hike, class 2

Mount Yale is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,200-foot (4328.2 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.4 miles (15.2 km) west by north (bearing 276°) of Buena Vista, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of Elihu Yale, the primary benefactor of what is now Yale University.

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