Ellingwood Point, Mountain summit in the Sangre de Cristo Range, Colorado, United States.
Ellingwood Point is a 14,054.9-foot (4,284 m) summit on the Sierra Blanca Massif in the Sangre de Cristo Range, on the drainage divide between Rio Grande and San Isabel National Forests. It lies 9.9 miles north by east of Blanca, Colorado, and only barely qualifies as an independent peak under Colorado's 300-foot prominence cutoff.
Ellingwood Point was named in honor of Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular. The name Ellingwood Point has been in use since at least 1972, and the peak is also called Ellingwood Peak.
The name honors Albert Russell Ellingwood, an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular. The peak is also called Ellingwood Peak, and the form Ellingwood Point has been in use since 1972. Its status as a fourteener has been debated, since it rises only just above the 300-foot prominence cutoff and sits close to Blanca Peak.
Ellingwood Point lies on the drainage divide between Rio Grande National Forest in Alamosa County and San Isabel National Forest in Huerfano County, within the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness. The summit sits 9.9 miles (16.0 km) north by east of the Town of Blanca, Colorado. Because it barely clears the 300-foot (91 m) prominence cutoff and stands close to Blanca Peak, plan for a route that reaches it via the Sierra Blanca Massif rather than as a separate objective.
Ellingwood Point only barely qualifies as an independent peak under Colorado's standard 300-foot (91 m) topographic prominence cutoff, and it sits close to its parent peak, Blanca Peak. Its inclusion in fourteener lists has therefore been somewhat controversial, though most authorities count it as a true fourteener.
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