Snowmass Mountain

Snowmass Mountain
Snowmass Mountain, July 2007
Highest point
Elevation	14,099 ft (4,297 m)[1][2]
Prominence	1,152 ft (351 m)[3]
Isolation	2.34 mi (3.77 km)[3]
Listing	Colorado Fourteener 31st
Coordinates	39°07′08″N 107°03′59″W / 39.1187546°N 107.0664579°W / 39.1187546; -107.0664579[1]
Geography
Snowmass Mountain Location of Snowmass Mountain in the state of Colorado
Location	Gunnison and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States[4]
Parent range	Elk Mountains[3]
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Snowmass Mountain, Colorado[1]
Climbing
First ascent	August 7, 1873 by William Byers, James Gardner and W. Rideling[5]
Easiest route	East Slopes: Scramble, class 3[6]

Snowmass Mountain is a 14,099-foot-high (4,297 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.