What is the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains and the second-highest peak in the contiguous United States?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. Mount Elbert (4,401 m)
- Step 1: Mount Elbert is located in Lake County, Colorado, in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains.
- Step 2: Rising to 4,401 meters (14,440 feet), it is the highest of Colorado's 58 'fourteeners' (peaks over 14,000 feet).
Answer
Mount Elbert (4,401 m)
Why not the others: 'Mount Massive' is the second-highest peak in the Rockies, trailing Elbert by just 3 meters; 'Mount Harvard' is third; 'Blanca Peak' is the highest peak in the Sangre de Cristo Range.
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