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This was posted on a local news channel as photo of Pikes Peak taken from highway 67 in Jefferson County.

It's certainly not Pikes Peak, and 67 barely skirts the edge of Jefferson County. I'm trying to figure out which mountain it is.

I'm thinking it's Rosalie Peak with Mount Evans behind and to the right, but not totally positive. Can anyone confirm or point me to the correct peaks?
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Re: Peak ID

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I'm 90% sure you're right. Looks like Rosalie with Evans behind. That said, i'm not 100% sure, so anyone else can chime in too
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Yeah, I think you guys are right. I was just on Rosalie a week ago and remember that lower cirque to the right, it definitely looks like what we saw up there.
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L to R: Bandit, Rosalie and Epaulie? (Pegmatite Points just out of view on the right, Logan just leaving view on the left.

Looking W/NW at Rosalie from Pegmatite a couple weeks ago..
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Using CalTopo and based on the input of some of the peaks I back figured to the approximate location the photo was shot.

I labeled the photo with my best interpretation.
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I think you may be right. This is the Evans massif from Devil's Head (I know the quality sucks). The summit shape looks much the same.
EDIT: Your labeling post beat me to it :-D
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CO Native wrote:Using CalTopo and based on the input of some of the peaks I back figured to the approximate location the photo was shot.

I labeled the photo with my best interpretation.
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**Edit - I posted another photo because I was convinced what you had labeled as Evans was Epaulie and or Epaulet, but after looking through some others I'm thinking you're right.. :-D
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But you can see the road on that peak, there's no road on Epaulet just on Evans.

I used the view from here feature in Cal Topo and it seems to support it being Evans.
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CO Native wrote:But you can see the road on that peak, there's no road on Epaulet just on Evans.
Yeah, the roads are what made me finally figure it out too.

Odd, are you able to see my post pre-edit or something? Changed it quite a while ago, surprised you can still see the picture I posted.
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