Mountains by Jane Koerner • Colorado has 637 13ers (mountains over 13,000 feet but under 14,000). • Mounts Bierstadt, Grays and Torreys are the most popular 14ers for peak baggers. • There are seven total mountain ranges in Colorado: the San Juans, the Elk Range, the Sawatch (which include the Collegiates), the Sangre de Cristos, the Park Range, the Front Range and the Gore Range, according to the Colorado Mountain Club. • H.W. Stuckle, a member of Hayden Survey, has the first recorded ascent of Mount Elbert by a white man in 1874. • Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was the first ...