Windom Peak
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| Windom Peak | |
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 Glacier Point visible looking west from Windom Peak summit |
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| Elevation | 14,082 ft (4292 m) |
| Location | Colorado, United States |
| Range | San Juan Mountains, Needle Mountains |
| Prominence | 1,022 ft (312 m) |
| Coordinates | |
| Easiest route | West Ridge: scramble (class 3) |
Windom Peak is a fourteener in the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Weminuche Wilderness (part of the San Juan National Forest) in La Plata County approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of Silverton.
Windom Peak is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the other two are Mount Eolus and Sunlight Peak. Windom and Sunlight lie on the east side of Twin Lakes, in upper Chicago Basin, while Eolus lies on the west side. All three peaks are relatively remote by Colorado standards, and have a strong wilderness character; however they can be popular in summer.[1]
[edit] References
- ^ Louis W. Dawson II, Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2, Blue Clover Press, 1996, ISBN 0-9628867-2-6
[edit] External links
- Windom Peak on Summitpost
- Maps and aerial photos
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- Topographic map from TopoZone
- Aerial image or topographic map from TerraServer-USA
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