Braddock Peak

Braddock Peak
Braddock Peak
	Braddock Peakn north aspect
Highest point
Elevation	11,972 ft (3,649 m)
Prominence	210 ft (64 m)
Parent peak	Mount Mahler (12,497 ft)
Isolation	0.62 mi (1.00 km)
Coordinates	40°28′48″N 105°54′46″W / 40.48°N 105.9127778°W
Geography
	Braddock Peak Colorado
Location	Jackson County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Never Summer Mountains
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Mount Richthofen, Colorado

Braddock Peak is a mountain summit in the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,972-foot (3,649 m) peak is located in State Forest State Park, 3.0 miles (4.8 km) south-southwest (bearing 201°) of Cameron Pass in Jackson County, Colorado, United States.^[1]^[2]

Mountain

Braddock Peak lies 1.3 miles (2.1 km) east-northeast of Seven Utes Mountain, 1.3 miles (2.1 km) west of Snow Lake, and 1.7 miles (2.7 km) north of the boundary of Routt National Forest and the Never Summer Wilderness.^[2]

It is named after Dr. William A. Braddock (1929–2003), Professor of Geological Sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 1958 to 1994. Dr. Braddock and his students geologically mapped over 750 square miles (1,900 km²) of the northern Front Range, including the summit named after him. He was the principal author of The Geologic Map of Rocky Mountain National Park. Following his retirement, Dr. Braddock taught the lay public about the geology in and around Rocky Mountain National Park.^[4]

Descriptions of hiking routes in this area that predate adoption of the Braddock Peak name refer to this summit as Point 11,960.^[5]