Raid Peak
Raid Peak rises to 3,768 m in Wyoming. Roberts Mountain stands 3,889 m to the north-northeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Bonneville, a peak 0.8 miles away. Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway passes 26 miles off.
The story
Raid Peak (12,537 feet (3,821 m)) is located in the Wind River Range in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The mountain is in the Bridger Wilderness of Bridger-Teton National Forest, 1.25 mi (2.01 km) west of the Continental Divide and .85 mi (1.37 km) south of Mount Bonneville. The east face of Raid Peak has one of the most spectacular cliff faces in the Wind River Range, rising almost 2,000 ft (610 m) above an unnamed lake with 1,700 ft (520 m) of that being a nearly sheer wall which is rated at class 5.8 and Grade IV-V. Most ascents up this face take at least a day if not two days.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q16899136, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3768 m
How to reach it
- 26.2 mi off the Wyoming Centennial Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Bonneville: 0.8 mi
- Tower Peak: 1.3 mi
- Pronghorn Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mount Lander: 1.9 mi
- Nylon Peak: 2.0 mi
- Sharks Nose: 7.9 mi
- The Diving Board: 14.1 mi
- Little Brown Point: 17.5 mi
- Brown Cliffs: 19.1 mi
- Suicide Point: 20.9 mi
- North Fork Falls: 9.4 mi
- Water slide: 22.7 mi
- Bull Lake Creek Falls: 23.0 mi
- Tayo Park: 18.7 mi
- New Fork: 21.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Raid Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roberts Mountain | NNE 32° | 3,889 m | 4.5 mi |
| Wolverine Peak | N 355° | 3,847 m | 8.4 mi |
| Mount Lander | NNE 33° | 3,846 m | 1.9 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | N 359° | 3,818 m | 8.3 mi |
| Washakie Peak | SE 126° | 3,811 m | 5.4 mi |
| Dog Tooth Peak | SE 131° | 3,800 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lizard Head Peak | ESE 123° | 3,799 m | 8.8 mi |
| Halls Mountain | NNW 332° | 3,798 m | 7.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:52 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:17 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:46 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 10 | 13 | 26 | 37 | 46 | 54 | 61 | 60 | 51 | 39 | 25 | 13 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boulder Rearing STN, 20 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356506648
Take the scenic way to Raid Peak.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.