Mount Belford is a high mountain summit of the Collegiate Peaks in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,203-foot (4,329 m) fourteener is located in the Collegiate Peaks Wilderness of San Isabel National Forest, 15.0 miles (24.1 km) northwest by west (bearing 307°) of the Town of Buena Vista in Chaffee County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3][4]
| Mount Belford | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 14,203 ft (4,329 m)[1][2] |
| Prominence | 1,337 ft (408 m)[3] |
| Parent peak | Mount Harvard[3] |
| Isolation | 3.30 mi (5.31 km)[3] |
| Listing | Colorado Fourteener 19th |
| Coordinates | 38°57′38″N 106°21′39″W / 38.9606876°N 106.360707°W[1] |
| Geography | |
  Mount Belford | |
| Location | Chaffee County, Colorado, U.S.[4] |
| Parent range | Sawatch Range, Collegiate Peaks[3] |
| Topo map | USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Harvard, Colorado[1] |
| Climbing | |
| Easiest route | Northwest Ridge: Hike, class 2[5] |
Climbing
Mount Belford lies near Mount Oxford and Missouri Mountain, and is often climbed in conjunction with one or both of these peaks.[6]
Climate
| Climate data for Mount Belford 38.9587 N, 106.3575 W, Elevation: 13,848 ft (4,221 m) (1991–2020 normals) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Mean daily maximum °F (°C) | 20.9 (−6.2) | 20.2 (−6.6) | 25.2 (−3.8) | 30.2 (−1.0) | 39.1 (3.9) | 51.0 (10.6) | 56.6 (13.7) | 54.5 (12.5) | 48.4 (9.1) | 38.0 (3.3) | 27.4 (−2.6) | 21.2 (−6.0) | 36.1 (2.2) |
| Daily mean °F (°C) | 9.2 (−12.7) | 8.2 (−13.2) | 12.7 (−10.7) | 17.4 (−8.1) | 26.1 (−3.3) | 36.8 (2.7) | 42.5 (5.8) | 41.0 (5.0) | 35.0 (1.7) | 25.4 (−3.7) | 16.2 (−8.8) | 9.9 (−12.3) | 23.4 (−4.8) |
| Mean daily minimum °F (°C) | −2.4 (−19.1) | −3.8 (−19.9) | 0.2 (−17.7) | 4.5 (−15.3) | 13.2 (−10.4) | 22.5 (−5.3) | 28.4 (−2.0) | 27.6 (−2.4) | 21.6 (−5.8) | 12.8 (−10.7) | 5.1 (−14.9) | −1.5 (−18.6) | 10.7 (−11.8) |
| Average precipitation inches (mm) | 4.00 (102) | 3.91 (99) | 4.19 (106) | 5.37 (136) | 3.65 (93) | 1.48 (38) | 2.80 (71) | 3.07 (78) | 2.57 (65) | 3.03 (77) | 3.64 (92) | 3.64 (92) | 41.35 (1,049) |
| Source: PRISM Climate Group[7] | |||||||||||||
