Mount Princeton

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2011}} {{short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Mount Princeton | image = Mtprinceton.JPG | image_caption = Mt. Princeton from near [[Buena Vista, Colorado|Buena Vista]] | elevation_system = NAPGD2022 | elevation = 14200.1 ft (4328.21 m) | elevation_ref = <ref>{{cite journal|doi=10.1007/s00190-024-01831-8|doi-access=free| title=Moving mountains: reevaluating the elevations of Colorado mountain summits using modern geodetic techniques|date=April 2024|first1=Kevin | last1=Ahlgren|first3=Brian|last3=Shaw|last2= Van Westrum | first2=Derek |journal=Journal of Geodesy|volume=98|article-number=29}} {{open access}}</ref> | prominence = 2177 ft (664 m) | prominence_ref = <ref name=PB>{{cite web|url=http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5757|title=Mount Princeton, Colorado|publisher=Peakbagger.com|access-date=January 5, 2016}}</ref> | isolation = 5.19 mi (8.36 km) | isolation_ref = <ref name=PB/> | listing = {{unbulleted list |[[List of the highest major summits of North America|North America highest peaks]] 46th |[[List of the highest major summits of the United States|US highest major peaks]] 32nd |[[List of the highest major summits of Colorado|Colorado highest major peaks]] 15th |[[List of Colorado fourteeners|Colorado fourteeners]] 18th }} | location = [[Chaffee County, Colorado|Chaffee County]], [[Colorado]], U.S.<ref name=GNIS>{{cite gnis|id=189458|name=Mount Princeton|access-date=October 29, 2014}}</ref> | range = [[Sawatch Range]],<br/>[[Collegiate Peaks]]<ref name=PB/> | map = Colorado | map_caption = '''[[Colorado]]''' | coordinates = {{coord|38.7492079|N|106.2424367|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | range_coordinates = | coordinates_ref = <ref name=NGS>{{cite ngs|pid=JL0886|name=PRINCETON|accessdate=January 5, 2016}}</ref> | topo = [[United States Geological Survey#Topographic mapping|USGS 7.5' topographic map]]<br/>Mount Antero, Colorado<ref name=NGS/> | first_ascent = | easiest_route = East Slopes: Hike, {{YDS|2}}<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.14ers.com/routelist.php?peakid=10020 | title = Mt. Princeton Routes | publisher = 14ers.com }}</ref> }}

'''Mount Princeton''' is a [[Elevation|high]] and [[Topographic prominence|prominent]] [[mountain]] [[summit]] of the [[Collegiate Peaks]] in the [[Sawatch Range]] of the [[Rocky Mountains]] of North America. The {{convert|14200.1|ft|m|0}} [[fourteener]] is located in [[San Isabel National Forest]], {{convert|12.6|km|order=flip}} southwest ([[Absolute bearing|bearing]] 225°) of the [[Buena Vista, Colorado|Town of Buena Vista]] in [[Chaffee County, Colorado|Chaffee County]], [[Colorado]], United States. The mountain was named in honor of [[Princeton University]].<ref name=NGS/><ref name=PB/><ref name=GNIS/>

==Mountain== While not one of the highest peaks of the Sawatch Range, Mount Princeton is one of the most dramatic, abruptly rising nearly {{convert|7000|ft|m|0|abbr=on}} above the [[Arkansas River]] valley in only 6 miles.<ref name="summitpost">[http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150373/mount-princeton.html Mount Princeton on Summitpost]</ref>

=== Climbing === The first recorded ascent was on July 17, 1877, at 12:30 pm by [[William Libbey]] of [[Princeton University]].<ref name="PAW">[http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW97-98/02-1008/1008feat1.html Merritt, J. I. (1997) "The Once and Future Mountain" ''Princeton Alumni Weekly'' Princeton University]</ref> It is likely that various miners had climbed the peak earlier.<ref name="PAW2">[http://www.princeton.edu/~paw/archive_old/PAW97-98/02-1008/1008feat1.html#libbey "William Libbey and the 1877 Expedition" ''Princeton Alumni Weekly'' Princeton University]</ref> The name ''Mount Princeton'' was in use as early as 1873, and the peak was most likely named by [[Henry Gannett]], a Harvard graduate and chief topographer in a government survey led by [[George Wheeler (explorer)|George M. Wheeler]].<ref name="PAW2"/><ref>Borneman, Walter R. and Lampert, Lyndon J. (1994) ''A Climbing Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners'' (3rd ed.) Pruett, Boulder, Colorado, {{ISBN|0-87108-850-9}}</ref>

The standard route to the top is rated class 2.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mount Princeton {{!}} Routes |url=https://www.14ers.com/routelist.php?peakid=10020 |access-date=2024-11-02 |website=14ers.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Climate== {{Weather box |location = Mount Princeton 38.7491 N, 106.2407 W, Elevation: {{cvt|13684|ft}} (1991–2020 normals) |single line = y

|source=PRISM Climate Group<ref>{{cite web |url= http://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/ |title= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University |publisher= PRISM Climate Group, Oregon State University |access-date= October 10, 2023 |quote= To find the table data on the PRISM website, start by clicking ''Coordinates'' (under ''Location''); copy ''Latitude'' and ''Longitude figures'' from top of table; click ''Zoom to location''; click ''Precipitation, Minimum temp, Mean temp, Maximum temp''; click ''30-year normals, 1991-2020''; click ''800m''; click ''Retrieve Time Series'' button.}}</ref> }}

==Historical names== *Chalk Peak *'''Mount Princeton''' – 1906 <ref name=GNIS/> *Princeton Mountain

==See also== *[[List of mountain peaks of North America]] **[[List of mountain peaks of the United States]] ***[[List of mountain peaks of Colorado]] ****[[List of Colorado fourteeners]]

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== *[https://www.14ers.com/php14ers/14er.php?peakid=10020 Mt. Princeton on 14ers.com]

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