Isolation 0.48 mi (0.77 km) Prominence 116 m | Elevation 4,285 m Parent range Needle Mountains | |
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Listing Colorado Fourteener 39th Location La Plata County, Colorado, U.S. Topo map USGS 7.5' topographic map
Storm King Peak, Colorado Easiest route Red Couloir: scramble (class 4) Mountain range San Juan Mountains, Needle Mountains Similar Windom Peak, Mount Eolus, Wetterhorn Peak, San Luis Peak, Sunshine Peak | ||
Sunlight Peak is a high mountain summit of the Needle Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 14,065-foot (4,287 m) fourteener is located in the Weminuche Wilderness of San Juan National Forest, 28.5 miles (45.8 km) northeast by north (bearing 32°) of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.
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Map of Sunlight Peak, Colorado 81122, USA
Sunlight Peak was so named in 1902; the name is likely descriptive.
ClimbingEdit
Sunlight Peak is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the other two are Mount Eolus and Windom 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.
The standard route up Sunlight Peak is from the south, known as the "Red Couloir". It is a non-technical scramble, but achieving the top of the summit block does require an exposed rock climbing move.