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Pico Cristóbal Colón

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data. Colombian topographic maps show 5650m contours but no 5700m contours. A handheld GPS reading obtained in 2015 indicated a height of c.5730m may be correct. A figure of 5775m is frequently quoted.
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are the two highest peaks in Colombia and almost equal in elevation. One of the two mountains is therefore the fifth most
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Access to these mountains became very difficult after the early 1990s due to hostile locals, drug traffickers and
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was one of the first to climb in the range for many years, and reached the summit of Pico Colón on 13 December.
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Colón was first climbed in 1939 by Walter Wood, Anderson Bakerwell and E. Praolini.
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Petter Bjorstad climbing the north glacier on Pico Colon, December 2015
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range, along with Pico Simón Bolívar, and was named after
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Elevation
Prominence
Ranked 5th
Listing
Country high point
Ultra
Coordinates
10°50′18″N 73°41′12″W / 10.83833°N 73.68667°W / 10.83833; -73.68667
Cogui
Pico Cristóbal Colón is located in Colombia
Magdalena Department
Colombia
Parent range
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
First ascent
Easiest route
mountain
Colombia
Pico Simón Bolívar
prominent
list of peaks by prominence
Cayambe
Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta
Christopher Columbus
South America
Andes
FARC
John Biggar
Pico Colon Glacier

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