Snowmass Peak

Snowmass Peak
Snowmass Peak rises up out of Snowmass Lake
Highest point
Elevation	13,620 ft (4,150 m)[1][2]
Prominence	120 ft (37 m)[2]
Parent peak	Hagerman Peak[2]
Isolation	0.24 mi (0.39 km)[2]
Coordinates	39°06′39″N 107°03′08″W / 39.1108213°N 107.0522687°W / 39.1108213; -107.0522687[3]
Geography
Snowmass Peak Colorado
Location	Gunnison and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States[3]
Parent range	Elk Mountains[2]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Snowmass Mountain, Colorado[3]

Snowmass Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado dominates the view from Snowmass Lake. It is often mistaken for Snowmass Mountain, the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state, as well as for Hagerman Peak. Snowmass Peak is not really a peak but the lower end of Hagerman Peak's east ridge. Natural forced perspective causes the optical illusion that Snowmass Peak is higher than Hagerman Peak though it is actually 221 ft shorter than Hagerman's summit. This illusion combined with its striking rise behind Snowmass Lake justifies it being a named point on USGS topographical maps. It is 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.