Mount Elbert Mount Elbert Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America and the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the entire Mississippi River drainage basin. The ultra-prominent fourteener is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney. Mount Elbert is located in San Isabel National Forest, southwest (bearing 223°) of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado. The mountain was named in honor of a Colorado statesman, Samuel Hitt Elbert, who was active in the formative period of the state and
Kinsman Range Kinsman Range The Kinsman Range, also known as the Cannon–Kinsman Range, is located in the White Mountains of New Hampshire in the United States. The highest point in the north-south range is Kinsman Mountain, followed by the North Peak of Kinsman, and Cannon Mountain, one of the richest in rock climbing routes in the Whites. All are official "Four-thousand footers". Mount Wolf is on the crest of the range south of Kinsman Mountain. Rounding out the range is Bald Peak on the west side of Kinsman Mountain. To the northeast, the range is connected by The Cannon Balls ridge to