Sawatch Range Sawatch Range The Sawatch Range is a high and extensive mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies. The range is oriented along a northwest-southeast axis, extending approximately from in the north to in the south. The range contains 15 peaks topping , also known as 14ers. The range forms a portion of the Continental Divide, and its eastern flanks are drained by the headwaters of the Arkansas River. The western side of the range feeds the headwaters of the
Cayoosh Range which are in the Cantilever Range west of Lytton. The second-highest peak in the Cayoosh Range is Mount Marriott at 2735 m (8973 ft), due south of D'Arcy (N'quatqua); it is not named for the hotel-empire family of the same name but for an RCAF officer who was killed in action in World War II. Other summits include Cayoosh Mountain at 2561 m (8402 ft), Mount Oleg at 2587 m (8488 ft), Saxifrage Mountain at 2501 m (8205 ft), and Mount Rohr at 2423 m (7949 ft). Cayoosh Range The Cayoosh Range is the northernmost section of the Lillooet Ranges,