Arrow Peak
{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Colorado}}
{{Infobox mountain
| name = Arrow Peak
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| photo = Arrow Peak, Colorado.jpg
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| photo_caption = Northeast aspect of Arrow Peak to left
(Graystone Peak and Electric Peak to right)
| elevation_ft = 13809
| elevation_ref = The elevation of Arrow Peak includes an adjustment of +1.750 m (+5.74 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.{{cite peakbagger|pid=5851|title=Arrow Peak, Colorado|access-date=October 19, 2014}}
| prominence_ft = 943
| isolation_mi = 0.48
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| range = San Juan Mountains,
Needle Mountains,
Grenadier Range
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| location = San Juan County, Colorado, U.S.
| map = Colorado
| map_caption = Colorado
| coordinates = {{coord|37.6927762|N|107.6100605|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=187816|name=Arrow Peak|access-date=October 19, 2014}}
| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Storm King Peak, Colorado
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{{Distinguish|Arrow Peak (California)}}
Arrow Peak is a high mountain summit in the Grenadier Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|13809|ft|0|adj=on}} thirteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, {{convert|14.0|km|order=flip}} south-southeast (bearing 160°) of the Town of Silverton in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.
Mountain
Arrow Peak ranks 123rd among the highest mountains in Colorado and 182nd in the whole of the United States. Some of the peaks nearest to it are: Vestal Peak, Graystone Peak, Electric Peak, Point Pun, West Trinity, and Mount Garfield.{{cite web|title=Arrow Peak|url=http://peakery.com/arrow-peak-colorado/|publisher=Peakery|access-date=20 June 2013}}
Arrow Peak falls under the Grenadier Range of San Juan Mountains. Given its rocky face, Arrow Peak, like other peaks of the Grenadier Range, offers one of the best mountaineering adventures in Colorado. History has it that the first Americans to scale Arrow Peak were William Cooper and John Hubbard in 1908, which was followed by a second ascent in 1932 by Carleton Long and John Nelson via a more arduous route called the Greystone-Arrow saddle.{{cite web|last=Kopeckova|first=shanahan96/Liba|title=Arrow Peak,co|url=http://www.summitpost.org/arrow-peak-co/151858|publisher=Summit Post|access-date=20 June 2013}}
Arrow Peak and its neighboring, peaks, especially Vestal Peak, all formed from the metamorphic rock quartzite, are considered hard climbs, Arrow Peak ranking as the toughest before a new route was found.{{cite web|last=Payne|first=Matt|title=Vestal Peak and Arrow Peak - the Grenadier Range's Finest|url=http://www.100summits.com/trip-reports/item/152-vestal-peak-and-arrow-peak-the-grenadier-ranges-finest.html|publisher=100 Summits|access-date=20 June 2013}}
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See also
{{portal|Geology|Geography|North America|United States|Colorado|Mountains}}
- List of Colorado mountain ranges
- List of Colorado mountain summits
- List of Colorado fourteeners
- List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
- List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
- List of Colorado county high points
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References
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External links
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{{Mountains of Colorado}}
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{{Protected Areas of Colorado}}
Category:San Juan Mountains (Colorado)
Category:Mountains of San Juan County, Colorado
Category:Four-thousanders of the United States
Category:San Juan National Forest
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