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Mount Sniktau

Mount Sniktau, a peak in Colorado
Mount Sniktau, a peak in ColoradoXnatedawgx · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Sniktau, a peak in Colorado
Xnatedawgx · CC BY-SA 3.0
Mount Sniktau, a peak in Colorado
Ben Mason from Denver · CC BY 2.0
Mount Sniktau, a peak in Colorado
Xnatedawgx · CC BY-SA 3.0

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Mount Sniktau rises to 4,029 m in Colorado. Grays Peak stands 4,352 m to the southeast, 3.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Cupid, a peak 1.4 miles away. Top of the Rockies passes 19 miles off.

About

The story

Mount Sniktau is a high mountain summit in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,240-foot (4,036 m) thirteener is located in Arapaho National Forest, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) northeast (bearing 48°) of Loveland Pass in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q6923733, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
4029 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.67832, -105.85779

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 59
  • Platte Park: 6.7 mi
  • Dinger Park: 6.9 mi
  • Library Corner Park: 8.8 mi
  • Gateway Park: 8.9 mi
  • City Park: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 35
  • Geneva Creek Iron Fens: 7.8 mi
  • Mount Blue Sky Summit: 13.0 mi
  • Abyss Trailhead: 13.9 mi
  • The Mailbox: 14.6 mi
  • Alpine Slide: 15.1 mi
Artworks: 33
Historic sites: 21
Museums: 19
  • George Rowe Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Hamill House Museum: 8.7 mi
  • Georgetown Firefighting Museum Alpine Hose No 2: 8.8 mi
  • Georgetown Energy Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Summit Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 15
  • Clear Creek Picnic Site: 8.1 mi
  • Williams Fork: 11.8 mi
  • Duck Creek Picnic Area: 12.3 mi
  • Chicago Forks Picnic Ground: 13.0 mi
  • Ponder Point Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Willow Creek falls: 15.2 mi
  • Willow Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Continental Falls: 21.5 mi
  • East Vail Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Booth Falls: 24.2 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Sweet Beach Cove: 12.4 mi
  • Frisco Bay Marina Beach: 14.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • Arapaho Spring: 19.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.1 miles of Mount Sniktau. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grays PeakSE 145°4,352 m3.7 mi
Torreys PeakSE 142°4,351 m3.1 mi
Mount EdwardsSE 130°4,218 m4.5 mi
Square Top MountainSE 140°4,201 m7.7 mi
Argentine PeakSE 137°4,186 m6.3 mi
Bard PeakNE 44°4,159 m4.1 mi
Mount ParnassusNNE 33°4,139 m3.4 mi
Pettingell PeakNW 325°4,104 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4019:16
June solstice05:3719:5520:35
September equinox06:5218:2719:02
December solstice07:2216:0016:43

Local time (America/Denver).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F222227334252575649392922
Precip in1.01.22.02.82.11.52.82.61.61.41.31.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cabin Creek, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358918186

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