Snowmass Mountain
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Snowmass Mountain rises to 4,297 m in Colorado. Maroon Peak stands 4,317 m to the southeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is North Snowmass, a peak 0.2 miles away.
The story
Snowmass Mountain is a 14,101.7-foot-high (4,298.2 m) mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado, and the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state. Located in the Elk Mountains within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of the White River National Forest, it lies along the border between Pitkin and Gunnison counties, west of Aspen and southwest of the town of Snowmass Village. Snowmass Mountain is named for the large snowfield that lies on its eastern slopes. Snowmass Mountain should not be confused with the Snowmass ski area, located outside Snowmass Village; nor with nearby Snowmass Peak, a lower but more visually striking peak that towers over Snowmass Lake. Hagerman Peak sits between Snowmass Mountain and Snowmass Peak and is also often mistaken for Snowmass Mountain.
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Wikidata Q7548668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 4,297.3 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- North Snowmass: 0.2 mi
- Hagerman Peak: 0.6 mi
- Snowmass Peak: 0.8 mi
- Meadow Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Capitol Peak: 2.3 mi
- Marble Mill Site Park: 7.6 mi
- Gothic Natural Area: 8.8 mi
- Redstone Park: 10.2 mi
- Community Park: 10.6 mi
- Highland Villa Park: 12.2 mi
- Marble Museum: 7.5 mi
- Redstone Museum: 10.2 mi
- Holden/Marolt Mining & Ranching Museum: 13.4 mi
- Aspen Historical Society: 13.7 mi
- Wheeler/Stallard House Museum: 13.7 mi
- North Mesa: 11.2 mi
- Sky Mountain Park: 11.9 mi
- Moore Open Space: 12.9 mi
- Marolt Open Space: 13.4 mi
- Aspen Center for Environmental Studies: 14.2 mi
- The Raggeds: 13.2 mi
- Lower Buttressess: 13.7 mi
- East Face: 13.7 mi
- Seven Castles: 19.4 mi
- Lower Grotto Wall: 19.7 mi
- Crystal: 4.5 mi
- Ashcroft: 15.1 mi
- Lenado: 18.4 mi
- Independence: 24.7 mi
- Devil’s Punch Bowl: 4.8 mi
- Hayes Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Judd Falls: 12.0 mi
- Ryks Waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Breathtaker: 8.5 mi
- Maze: 13.6 mi
- Ashcroft Ghost Town: 15.0 mi
- Oliver's Cabin: 21.2 mi
- Crystal Mill: 4.6 mi
- Redstone Coke Oven Historic District: 10.3 mi
- Irwin Cemetery: 18.6 mi
- Emerald Lake: 7.7 mi
- Erickson Springs Picnic Site: 15.6 mi
- Penny Hot Springs: 11.3 mi
- Conundrum Hot Springs: 12.0 mi
- Chromatic Gate: 13.9 mi
- Knight and Dragon: 18.1 mi
- CBCS Community Garden: 18.2 mi
- The Peace Garden: 21.0 mi
- Erickson Springs: 16.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Snowmass Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maroon Peak | SE 129° | 4,317 m | 5.3 mi |
| Capitol Peak | NNW 338° | 4,309 m | 2.3 mi |
| Pyramid Peak | ESE 118° | 4,275 m | 7.0 mi |
| North Maroon Peak | SE 125° | 4,261 m | 5.2 mi |
| Hagerman Peak | SE 145° | 4,211 m | 0.6 mi |
| Clark Peak | N 7° | 4,137 m | 2.3 mi |
| Hayden Peak | ESE 110° | 4,133 m | 12.2 mi |
| White Rock Mountain | SE 142° | 4,110 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:43 | 19:58 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 16:07 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Denver).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 25 | 34 | 41 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 44 | 32 | 22 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aspen Pitkin CO AP Sardy FLD, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358910211
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- Aspen · 14 mi
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