- Snowmass Mountain
Infobox Mountain
Name = Snowmass Mountain
Photo = Snowmass.jpg| Caption = Snowmass Mountain, July 2007
Elevation = convert|14092|ft|m|0
Location =Colorado ,United States
Range = Elk Mountains,Rocky Mountains
Coordinates = coord|39|07|07|N|107|03|59|W|type:mountain_region:US|display=inline,title
Prominence = convert|1152|ft|m|0|abbr=on [http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=5697 Snowmass Mountain on peakbagger.com] ]
Topographic
USGS Snowmass Mountain
First ascent = August 7, 1873 byWilliam Byers , James Gardner and W. Rideling
Easiest route = hike/rock scramble (class 3)/snow climb (ice axe recommended)Louis W. Dawson II, "Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 1", Blue Clover Press, 1994, ISBN 0-9628867-1-8]Snowmass Mountain is a fourteen thousand foot mountain in the
U.S. state ofColorado . It is the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state. It is located in the Elk Mountains, within theMaroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of theWhite 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 overSnowmass Lake .Hagerman Peak sits between Snowmass Mountain and Snowmass Peak and is also often mistaken for Snowmass Mountain.Hiking/climbing
The route most commonly used to climb Snowmass Mountain is the
Snowmass Creek approach. The route to the summit starts at Snowmass Lake, which is itself an 8.1 mile hike up Snowmass Creek from the parking area. Most people hike to the lake, camp the night and then proceed to the top. This route is recommended in the spring and early summer when the snowfield still covers much of the route; however an ice axe is recommended for travel on the snowfield. Later in the summer there is more travel ontalus andscree and more danger fromrockfall . An alternative in snow-free conditions is to hike up to the saddle between the peak andHagerman Peak . From that point there are climbers' trails which proceed on the opposite (west) side of the ridge to the summit.A different and much less used route climbs the west side of Snowmass Mountain from Geneva Lake, which is accessed from the North Fork of the Crystal River.
ee also
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Colorado fourteeners
*Colorado mountain peaks
*Colorado mountain ranges
*Mountain peaks of North America
*Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains
*Mountain peaks of the United States References
External links
* [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150300/snowmass-mountain.html Snowmass Mountain on Summitpost]
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