This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of US Geography has 53 clues. Answers range from 4 to 14 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Named for Colorado Territory Governor of 1874.
Not small, for sure!
3rd highest peak and one of the Collegiate range
Snow White would love this peak
Named for a precious metal common to the Colorado mountains.
The Ute Indians might not drink the water on this San Juan peak :-)
Rises 7,000 feet above the Eastern side of the San Luis Valley. One of two peaks using this word in their name.
"Honestly," any Illinois lawyer would love this mountain.
You'll face a conundrum at one of the sub-summits of this 14er in the Elk Mountains.
Skip the anatomy on your way to this summit.
Prized for gemstone deposits (aquamarine), this is the highest peak in the Sawatch Range.
Botanist Charles Parry named this peak after his friend and college John ______.
Don't be perplexed uncertain when climbing this tallest peak in the Tenmile Range.
Highest peak in a massif known historically as the Chicago Peaks.
Can be prominently seen from Longmont, Colorado.
Ranked as one of the ten most difficult ascents for Colorado 14ers. This "mount's" namesake did it the hard way.
The image of an angel emerges on the east face of this mountain during snow melt each spring..[
First climbed on July 17, 1877 by William Libbey, a professor of physical geography at the school this mountain was named after.
Often climbed in conjunction with Mount Oxford or Missouri Mountain.
Too big to hide in a haystack!
Named by a team from another university that chose their school for the taller of the two peaks.
Barely qualifies as an independent peak by the standard 300 foot prominence rule.
Features complex terrain that has misled climbers in the past, contributing to deaths in the summer of 2006,
The higher of the two red bells.
The name of this mountain means, 'People of Sun Mountain.'
Named for an English University and lies just north of Mount Belford.
Named for an Icelandic volcano.
Funny that this mountain is nearest to one named for a republican president.
The only non-technical route up this peak is the Northeast Ridge or "Knife's Edge."
Composed of a characteristic pink granite.
Named for the large snowfield that lies on its eastern slopes.
Highest summit of the Needle Mountains range.
The second highest of three peaks located around the cirque known as Upper Chicago Basin.
Named in 1987 to honor seven dead explores of another kind.
Due to an awful scree field located on the standard route, this 14er is usually only climbed by those wishing to climb all of Colorado's fourteeners.
The only Colorado 14er named for another U.S. State.
The least challenging climb of the Crestones. The standard route on the peak is an exhausting hike along a trail, with rock scrambling (Class 2) near the summit.
Because it is generally considered an easy climb, along with its accessibility from nearby Denver, this mount is one of the most popular mountains to climb in Colorado.
The standard route up this peak is from the south, known as the "Red Couloir".
A 14er in the San Juan range lying near Lake City.
One of the only fourteeners on private land.
Named in honor of an early pioneer of mountain climbing in the Western United States and in Colorado in particular.
Originally known as Old Baldy.
While this 14er has little more than the minimum 300 feet of prominence to qualify as a separate peak, it is notable for being one of the most technically difficult and dangerous of the fourteeners to climb.
Named in honor of an American Civil War general, this 14er is the only one that has had a successful aircraft landing on its summit.
Apparently, not all clouds in Colorado are white.
Routes up this mountain involve difficult route finding, high exposure, and a great deal of loose rock. They are some of the most difficult and dangerous of all of the standard routes on the Colorado fourteeners.
Jeep often uses this "peak" as a backdrop in its television commercials.
The highest summit of the La Garita Range.
This mountain and its shorter brother Matterhorn Peak are called after their Swiss namesakes.
Named for the distinctive cross-shaped snowfield on its northeast face.
Named after the Wyandot people.
Has the dubious distinction of being the lowest of Colorado's 53 fourteeners.