Mount_Columbia_(Colorado)
Mount Columbia (Colorado)
Mountain in Colorado, United States
Mount Columbia is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,077-foot (4,291 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 9.9 miles (16.0 km) northwest by west (bearing 301°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was named by Roger W. Toll in honor of his alma mater, Columbia University,[1][2][3][4] and in commemoration of its rowing victory at the renowned Henley Royal Regatta in 1878.[6]