Grizzly Peak (Sawatch Range)
Grizzly Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located south-southwest (bearing 202°) of Independence Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Chaffee County from White River National Forest and Pitkin County. Elevation. Grizzly Peak is the highest summit in the United States less than , making it the highest thirteener in the country. At one time, the peak's elevation was measured to be over 14,000 feet and was  believed to be a fourteener, but more recent and accurate surveys have dropped it below that threshold. Geology. The mountain is composed of andesite lava flows and breccias of Oligocene age. Other summits with same name. Grizzly Peak is not only the name of Colorado's highest thirteener, but the state has four other Grizzly Peaks plus one Grizzly Mountain on the list: