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Blanca Peak
- Easiest route
- 4.3 km+787 m · about 2.5 h · T4
- Prominence
- at least 1,594 m5,230 ft
- Isolation
- 134 km
- Tonight
- 31°FSnow showers · Wind 10–15 mph SSW
Blanca Peak is a 4,374 m (14,350 ft) mountain in the Sierra Blanca, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,374 m · 14,350 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Harvard (4,391 m)
- Range
- Sierra Blanca
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Spanish name
- Pico Blanca
- Coordinates
- 37.5775° N, 105.4857° W
How to get to the top of Blanca Peak
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 2.8 km WSW of Blanca Peak
- Distance
- 4.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +787 m(2,582 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- T4Alpine: faint path, hands needed in places
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Blanca Peak 3D map
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Blanca Peak terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Blanca Peak weather
Tonight · Snow showers · 31°F (-1°C) · 77% chance of precipitation · Wind 10–15 mph SSW
Blanca Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,932 m.
- Tonight31°77%10–15 mph SSW
- Sat26°33°97%10–15 mph S
- Sun24°30°71%10–15 mph S
- Mon23°29°7%5–10 mph SW
- Tue23°32°1%15 mph SW
- Wed24°33°–10–15 mph SW
- Thu25°32°14%10–15 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 24, 01:51 UTC.
Camping & parking near Blanca Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Blanca Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
5.2 km NNE
Nearest campsite
Zapata Falls Campground
All mapped places 2
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 5.2 km NNE |
| Zapata Falls CampgroundCampsite | 7.9 km NW |
How steep is the route to Blanca Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 4.3 km from 3,581 m to 4,374 m. Steepest stretch: 34°.
- 0–15°3.3 km
- 15–30°0.9 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 50 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Nearby summits
Named peaks within 5 km, measured from the Blanca Peak summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Ellingwood Point4,282 m 0.8 km NW
- 2Little Bear Peak4,280 m 1.6 km SW
- 3Hamilton Peak4,154 m 2.4 km SSE
- 4Iron Nipple4,096 m 3.2 km ENE
- 5Twin Peaks4,132 m 3.2 km WNW
- 6Mount Lindsey4,282 m 3.7 km E
- 7California Peak4,221 m 4.2 km NNW
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 142 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Funky thistle42
- Yellow-bellied Marmot28
- Blue columbine17
- Rocky mountain marsh-marigold11
- Lark Sparrow10
- Bighorn Sheep10
Where Blanca Peak sits
- Range
- American Cordillera467North American Cordillera271Rocky Mountains104Sangre de Cristo Mountains4
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lake Isabel↑59 km NE
Royal Gorge↑97 km NNE
Raton Pass2,377 m↑110 km SE
Wheeler Peak4,011 m↑114 km S
Cheyenne MountainPeak · 2,915 m↑140 km NNE
More in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains 1
Blanca Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,371 m at the summit; the official height is 4,374 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal. The 90 m model misses by 34 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,374 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,374 m | -0 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,371 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,354 m | -20 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,340 m | -34 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-12)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia