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Grays Peak
- Easiest route
- 4.8 km+949 m · about 3 h · T2
- Prominence
- 848 m2,781 ft
- Isolation
- 40 km
- Tonight
- 23°FPartly cloudy · Wind 12 mph SW
Grays Peak is a 4,350 m (14,272 ft) mountain in the Front Range, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,350 m · 14,272 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Lincoln (4,354 m)
- Range
- Front Range
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- Arapaho National Forest
- Spanish name
- Pico Grays
- Coordinates
- 39.6338° N, 105.8175° W
How to get to the top of Grays Peak
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Argentine Pass Trailhead (parking)
- Distance
- 4.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +949 m(3,114 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 h
- Difficulty
- T2Mountain trail, sure footing needed
Other routes 2
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Grays Peak 3D map
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Grays Peak terrain and contours
50 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
Grays Peak weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 23°F (-5°C) · Wind 12 mph SW
Grays Peak forecast for the summit, about 4,023 m.
- Tonight23°–12 mph SW
- Sat21°28°63%13–18 mph SE
- Sun20°28°57%12–16 mph SSE
- Mon20°28°31%8–13 mph WNW
- Tue20°32°8%12–16 mph WSW
- Wed21°30°2%9–17 mph W
- Thu22°31°5%8–13 mph WSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near Grays Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Grays Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Chihuahua Lake 4WD Trailhead
Nearest campsite
5.7 km SW
Nearest trailhead
Geneva Creek Iron Fens Trailhead
All mapped places 7
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Chihuahua Lake 4WD TrailheadParking | 2.2 km WSW |
| Argentine Pass TrailheadParking | 3.2 km SSE |
| Chihuahua Lake 2WD TrailheadParking | 4.1 km SSW |
| Campsite | 5.7 km SW |
| Campsite | 6.7 km S |
| Campsite | 6.7 km S |
| Geneva Creek Iron Fens TrailheadTrailhead | 7.1 km SSE |
How steep is the route to Grays Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 4.8 km from 3,399 m to 4,350 m. Steepest stretch: 33°.
- 0–15°3.8 km
- 15–30°0.8 km
- 30–45°0.2 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 60 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 Grays Peak summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Torreys Peak4,351 m 1.1 km NNW
- 2Ruby Mountain4,032 m 2.0 km S
- 3Mount Edwards4,218 m 2.0 km E
- 4Grizzly Peak4,064 m 2.9 km WNW
- 5Kelso Mountain4,016 m 3.2 km NNE
- 6Lenawee Mountain4,019 m 3.3 km W
- 7Argentine Peak4,186 m 4.2 km SE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 281 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Goat105
- American Pika56
- Yellow-bellied Marmot46
- Fireweed46
- Blue columbine45
- Western roseroot44
Where Grays Peak sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Loveland Pass3,655 m↑6.2 km WNW
Mount BierstadtPeak · 4,286 m↑14 km ESE
Summit Lake Park3,963 m↑15 km ESE
Mount Blue SkyPeak · 4,348 m↑16 km ESE
Echo Lake Park3,230 m↑19 km E
More in the Front Range 6
Grays Peak downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,350 m at the summit; the official height is 4,350 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,350 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,351 m | +1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,350 m | 0 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,346 m | -4 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,329 m | -21 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-07-29)
- 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)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- 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