Mendicant Ridge

{{Orphan|date=May 2021}}

{{Short description|Mountain in the state of Colorado}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mendicant RidgeUSGS 7.5' topographic map, Mount Guero Quadrangle, Colorado (1965)

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| photo = Mendicant Ridge.JPG

| photo_size = 275px

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| photo_caption = Mendicant Ridge as seen from Colorado State Highway 92 near Maher.

| elevation_ft = 11841

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| prominence_ft = 1541

| prominence_ref = {{cite web |url = https://www.summitpost.org/colorado-s-most-prominent-peaks/171322|title= West Elk Mountains, Colorado on SummitPost.org|accessdate=August 5, 2019}}{{cite web |title=West Elk Mountains |url=https://peakery.com/peaks/#range=West%20Elk%20Mountains |publisher=Peakery.com |accessdate=6 August 2019}}

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| range = West Elk Mountains{{cite peakbagger|rid=14642|title=West Elk Mountains|accessdate=August 5, 2019}}

| parent_peak = Mount Guero

| location = Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison County, Colorado, U.S.

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|38.6701|N|107.4257|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map{{cite web|url=https://catalog.data.gov/dataset/usgs-1-24000-scale-quadrangle-for-mount-guero-co-1965cc377 | title=Mount Guero Quadrangle on Data.gov |accessdate=August 5, 2019 }}{{cite gnis|id=186741|name=Mendicant Ridge|accessdate=August 5, 2019}}

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| easiest_route = Hike from Bald Mountain Reservoir.

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Mendicant Ridge is a massive {{convert|12|mi}} long high mountain located about {{convert|9|mi}} east-southeast of Crawford, Colorado, in the Gunnison National Forest, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The ridge marks the western edge of the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America and dominates the eastern skyline of the adjacent valley with about {{convert|5000|ft|m|abbr=on}} of vertical relief above Crawford State Park. Trending roughly northeast, Mendicant Ridge has four distinct summits that are often confused in the reference literature.{{cite web |title=Mendicant Ridge summit marker |url=https://listsofjohn.com/PeakStats/QMap.php?lat=38.6522&lon=-107.4553&z=15 |publisher=ListsOfJohn.com |accessdate=6 August 2019}} From Castle Rock summit at {{convert|11205|ft|m|abbr=on}} on the southwest, the ridge rises to Mendicant Ridge South summit at {{convert|11425|ft|m|abbr=on}}, then to a higher central summit at {{convert|11603|ft|m|abbr=on}}, and finally to the Mendicant Ridge High Point located on the northeast end at an elevation of {{convert|11841|ft|m|abbr=on}}.