Crystal Peak
Crystal Peak rises to 4,213 m in Colorado. Mount Lincoln stands 4,357 m to the south, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Father Dyer Peak, a peak 0.6 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Crystal Peak is a high mountain summit in the Tenmile Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,859-foot (4,224 m) thirteener is in White River National Forest, 5.9 miles (9.5 km) southwest (bearing 220°) of the Town of Breckenridge in Summit County, Colorado, United States.
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Wikidata Q5191323, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,213 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Top of the Rockies, National
- 26.2 mi off the Collegiate Peaks
Overlooks nearby
- Waterfall Overlook · 8 mi
- Crystal Lake Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Father Dyer Peak: 0.6 mi
- Peak 10: 0.9 mi
- Pacific Peak: 0.9 mi
- Peak 9: 1.3 mi
- Mount Helen: 1.5 mi
- White Cloud Public Access: 4.0 mi
- Mineshaft Maze: 4.0 mi
- T11: 4.5 mi
- Saw Mill Falts: 4.7 mi
- Alpine Garden: 4.7 mi
- Ullr: 4.7 mi
- Deer: 4.7 mi
- The Nest: 4.7 mi
- Together: 4.7 mi
- Athena First Flute: 4.7 mi
- Gold Runner Alpine Coaster: 4.0 mi
- Alpine Super Slide: 4.0 mi
- Bowling Ball Hill: 4.9 mi
- V-Notch: 5.2 mi
- Flopper: 5.5 mi
- Soldiers of the Summit: 4.7 mi
- 10th Mountain Division: 4.7 mi
- Frank & Theta Brown: 4.8 mi
- Windmill: 4.8 mi
- Sons of Norway: 4.8 mi
- Cloud City Farm & Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- The Children's Garden: 19.4 mi
- Schoolhouse Garden: 19.5 mi
- Silk Road Garden: 19.5 mi
- Primula Garden: 19.5 mi
- Lomax Placer Mine: 4.7 mi
- Breckenridge History Museum: 4.8 mi
- Mountain Top Exploratorium: 4.8 mi
- Barney Ford House Museum: 4.9 mi
- Edwin Carter Discovery Center: 5.0 mi
- Climax: 6.1 mi
- Preston: 6.5 mi
- Dyersville: 7.0 mi
- Parkville: 9.8 mi
- Buckskin Joe: 9.9 mi
- Jefferson Lake Picnic Area: 13.6 mi
- Beaver Ponds Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Hand Cart Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- Duck Creek Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- Geneva Creek Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
- Continental Falls: 1.9 mi
- Willow Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
- East Vail Falls: 17.5 mi
- Booth Falls: 19.5 mi
- Cucumber Gulch Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Vail Nature Center: 19.4 mi
- Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 10.0 mi
- Sweet Beach Cove: 11.5 mi
- Rocky Point: 5.1 mi
- CDOT Rest Area: Vail Pass: 8.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Crystal Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Lincoln | S 178° | 4,357 m | 5.7 mi |
| Quandary Peak | S 171° | 4,350 m | 2.6 mi |
| Mount Cameron | S 182° | 4,335 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Bross | S 177° | 4,322 m | 6.9 mi |
| Mount Democrat | SSW 192° | 4,315 m | 6.7 mi |
| Fletcher Mountain | SSW 200° | 4,239 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pacific Peak | SSW 211° | 4,227 m | 0.9 mi |
| Traver Peak | SSW 199° | 4,223 m | 5.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:41 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:38 | 19:55 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:28 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:02 | 16:45 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 16 | 22 | 28 | 37 | 48 | 53 | 52 | 45 | 34 | 23 | 15 |
| Precip in | 2.3 | 2.1 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Climax, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358914509
Day trips start here
- Breckenridge · 5 mi
- Vail · 19 mi
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