Ranking Boulder County peaks by steepness,
as defined by the area of their top 300'
using the contour method
Rank
300' prom area
Peak name
of 87
miles^2
1
0.0100
Navajo Peak
2
0.0189
Toll, Mount
3
0.0199
Arikaree Peak
4
0.0207
Pagoda Mountain
5
0.0274
Elk Tooth
6
0.0302
Paiute Peak
7
0.0305
Chiefs Head Peak
8
0.0324
Longs Peak
9
0.0409
Sawtooth Mountain
10
0.0411
South Sheep Mountain
11
0.0432
South Boulder Peak
12
0.0436
7014
13
0.0492
Meeker, Mount
14
0.0500
6968
15
0.0530
Sugarloaf Mountain
16
0.0550
Apache Peak
17
0.0556
Kiowa Peak
18
0.0583
Jasper, Mount
19
0.0613
"Forsythe Peak"
20
0.0619
Neva, Mount
21
0.0622
"Bow Mountain"
22
0.0636
Albion, Mount
23
0.0658
"Coney Island"
24
0.0685
8182
25
0.0702
Coffintop Mountain
26
0.0716
North Arapaho Peak
27
0.0726
7055
28
0.0749
Pawnee Peak
29
0.0769
Deer Ridge
30
0.0772
Lookout Mountain
31
0.0796
Green Mountain
32
0.0801
Copeland Mountain
33
0.0828
7922
34
0.0830
7235
35
0.0899
"Algonquin"
36
0.0904
Audubon, Mount
37
0.0930
"Quarter to 5 Peak"
38
0.0969
"Half Nick Peak"
39
0.0994
Tanima Peak
40
0.1022
Isolation Peak
41
0.1057
"Red Deer Mountain"
42
0.1072
Big John Mountain
43
0.1096
6917
44
0.1130
"Bathtub Bump"
45
0.1205
8577
46
0.1217
12303
47
0.1330
"Knob Hill"
48
0.1473
Ogalalla Peak
49
0.1508
Indian Lookout Mountain
50
0.1535
Saint Vrain Mountain
51
0.1555
Meadow Mountain
52
0.1599
Burnt Mountain
53
0.1614
"Old Baldy"
54
0.1616
Mahana Peak
55
0.1620
Bald Mountain
56
0.1631
6561
57
0.1664
6686
58
0.1680
8322
59
0.1700
Shoshoni Peak
60
0.1700
Bald Mountain
61
0.1808
"Gross Peak"
62
0.1917
Taylor Mountain
63
0.2158
Porphyry Mountain
64
0.2205
"Anemone Hill"
65
0.2331
8824
66
0.2529
"Skyscraper Peak"
67
0.2614
Cook Mountain
68
0.2659
Indian Mountain
69
0.2725
8602
70
0.2822
"Olive Peak"
71
0.2843
7791
72
0.2847
6150
73
0.2869
7998
74
0.2920
"Popeye Peak"
75
0.3254
10602
76
0.3643
Twin Sisters Peak
77
0.4013
Hurricane Hill
78
0.4194
Button Rock Mountain
79
0.4237
"Winiger Peak"
80
0.4861
Lee Hill
81
0.4880
6693
82
0.5103
Bighorn Mountain
83
0.6918
Rabbit Mountain
84
0.7321
Tungsten Mountain
85
0.7853
"Gold Ridge"
86
0.8219
8436
87
1.0696
"Mount Mezzo"