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La Plata Peak

Mountain information
NameLa Plata Peak
Elevation14336 ft (4369.6 m)
Prominence1841 ft (561.1 m)
ListingColorado Fourteener
LocationChaffee County, Colorado, USA
RangeSawatch Range
First ascentJuly 26, 1873
Easiest routeNorthwest Ridge or Southwest Ridge: Hike (class 2)

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La Plata Peak is over fourteen thousand feet in elevation and the fifth highest mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Sawatch Range in northwestern Chaffee County, approximately 20 mi (32.2 km) southwest of Leadville, Colorado, just south of Twin Lakes and State Highway 82 on the east side of Independence Pass. La Plata peak is located completely within the San Isabel National Forest and is part of the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness.

The peak's name means 'silver' in Spanish. This comes from the many silver deposits in the area. The nearby ghost towns of Winfield and Hamilton were prominent silver mining towns in the early part of the 20th Century.

A Hayden Survey team first climbed the peak on July 26, 1873.

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La Plata Peak - Ellingwood Ridge
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AvramGonzales.com On Sunday, January 16th, my friends and I decided to tackle La Plata - a 14336 foot mountain in the heart of the Sawatch Range in Colorado. I've done a winter 14er summit before, almost a year ago today when we conquered Mt. Quandary. It was one of the toughest things I'd ever done and I knew I wanted to conquer another peak. A couple of my friends had never attempted a 14er EVER and so it was their InspirACTION to move out of their comfort zones and try their hand at La Plata. We really didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. I checked the trip reports before we left and some fellas indicated that there was a snowpack trail all the way up through the tree line - and beyond that was pretty easy sailing up the rocks and onto the ridge leading up towards the summit. After some debate we turned around and decided it would be best to hike back down to the trailhead and try again another day. We were proud at what we'd accomplished and I have to say, we learned quite a bit. Things we learned: 1. Start earlier. We had a pretty late start around 8:30 am and probably would have experienced greater success beginning at 5am 2. Don't believe everything you read on the trip reports! You never know, the people who went before you might be absolute beasts and they may have expressed it being much easier than you may encounter. Also, conditions can change day-to-day 3. "Be Prepared" - The Boy Scout Motto. Big surprise, I used to be a Boy Scout and I love the <b>...</b>
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Skiing La plata peak, one of many 14ers in colorado from the summit. The ski route ranged anywhere from 40-50 degrees from the top to bottom of the North face. This was my 13th 14er ski descent.
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La Plata Peak, part 1
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A really nice climb. Taken slightly below the peak which is seen to the east near the end.
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Hiking Colorado's 14Ks
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Ellingwood Ridge - La Plata Peak
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la plata peak, part 2
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American Chronicle--"You'll have down time and you won't play at your -peak- the entire season," Young said. "The players did refocus and some of it had to do with senior urgency," Young said. "We had - Date : Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:06:19 GMT+00:00
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Diari de Tarragona--Su primer proyecto se llamó Broad -Peak-, posteriormente continuaron en la música como Presidents -grupo con el que grabaron tres discos- y con un último proyecto, La Voz de los Nadie, con el que editaron un disco y tuvieron la opor - Date : Mon, 04 Apr 2011 08:54:11 GMT+00:00
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Blog del Euribor (blog)--¿Qué puedo hacer yo ante el -Peak- Oil? Ahora que la sensación de crisis energética se está agravando y calando en la sociedad, los nuevos lectores de este blog (y buena parte de los antiguos seguramente) me están reclamando - Date : Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:05:26 GMT+00:00

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