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La Plata Peak
- Easiest route
- 6.0 km+1,102 m · about 3.5 h · T5
- Prominence
- 561 m1,840 ft
- Isolation
- 10 km
- Tonight
- 25°FFair · Wind 5–10 mph SW
La Plata Peak is a 4,369 m (14,334 ft) mountain in the Collegiate Peaks, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,369 m · 14,334 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Elbert (4,401 m)
- Range
- Collegiate Peaks
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- San Isabel National Forest
- Spanish name
- Pico de La Plata
- Coordinates
- 39.0295° N, 106.4729° W
How to get to the top of La Plata Peak
2 mapped routes from where a car can get you. None is a walk: expect scrambling, snow or glacier.
Easiest route: from Road end, 4.1 km S of La Plata Peak
- Distance
- 6.0 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,102 m−6 m (3,615 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- T5Demanding alpine: scrambling, possible snow or glacier
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
La Plata Peak 3D map
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La Plata 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
La Plata Peak weather
Tonight · Fair · 25°F (-4°C) · 10% chance of precipitation · Wind 5–10 mph SW
La Plata Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,779 m.
- Tonight25°10%5–10 mph SW
- Sat25°32°79%5–15 mph SE
- Sun21°33°59%5–10 mph SSE
- Mon19°34°9%5–10 mph W
- Tue20°37°5%15 mph WSW
- Wed21°36°2%15 mph WSW
- Thu23°36°9%10 mph SW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near La Plata Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around La Plata Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
La Plata Trailhead Parking
Nearest campsite
5.2 km SSE
How steep is the route to La Plata Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 6.0 km from 3,273 m to 4,369 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°5.0 km
- 15–30°1.0 km
- 30–45°0.1 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 La Plata Peak summit.
Summit list 5
- 1Mount Blaurock4,143 m 2.6 km SE
- 2Rinker Peak4,185 m 3.0 km ENE
- 3Ervin Peak4,116 m 4.2 km SE
- 4Twin Peaks3,957 m 4.5 km ENE
- 5Mount Hope (Colorado)4,249 m 4.7 km ESE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 126 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Funky thistle25
- Yellow-bellied Marmot16
- American Pika15
- Pale alpine forget-me-not8
- Alpine springbeauty7
- Silky Phacelia7
Where La Plata Peak sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Independence Pass3,689 m↑12 km NW
Mount MassivePeak · 4,395 m↑18 km N
Mount HarvardPeak · 4,391 m↑18 km SE
Crested ButtePeak · 3,709 m↑44 km WSW
Fremont Pass3,450 m↑45 km NNE
More in the Sawatch Range 1
La Plata 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 4,369 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,369 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,372 m | +3 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,371 m | +2 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,366 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,354 m | -15 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2024 (scene 2024-09-12)
- 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)
- 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