Mount Mestas is a mountain summit in the southeastern Sangre de Cristo Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located southeast (bearing 131°) of North La Veta Pass in Huerfano County, Colorado, United States. The mountain was known as La Veta Peak until 1949 when it was renamed in honor of PFC Felix B. Mestas Jr. who was killed in action during the Second World War.

Mountain

Historical names

Mt. Baldy

Baldy Peak

La Veta Peak – 1908

Mount Mestas – 1949

Veta Mountain

Veta Peak

See also

List of Colorado mountain ranges

List of Colorado mountain summits

List of Colorado fourteeners

List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits

List of the most prominent summits of Colorado

List of Colorado county high points

References

External links

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