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Mount Bierstadt
- Easiest route
- 5.8 km+776 m · about 2.5 h · T2
- Prominence
- 234 m766 ft
- Isolation
- 1.6 km
- Tonight
- 24°FPartly cloudy · Wind 7–12 mph SW
Mount Bierstadt is a 4,286 m (14,062 ft) mountain in the Front Range, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,286 m · 14,062 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Mount Blue Sky (4,348 m)
- Range
- Front Range
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- Pike National Forest
- Coordinates
- 39.5826° N, 105.6688° W
How to get to the top of Mount Bierstadt
3 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 3.9 km WNW of Mount Bierstadt
- Distance
- 5.8 kmone way
- Climb
- +776 m−48 m (2,546 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 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.
Mount Bierstadt 3D map
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Mount Bierstadt 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
Mount Bierstadt weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 24°F (-4°C) · Wind 7–12 mph SW
Mount Bierstadt forecast for the summit, about 3,996 m.
- Tonight24°–7–12 mph SW
- Sat21°28°70%8–17 mph ESE
- Sun23°30°56%10–16 mph S
- Mon21°30°28%6–10 mph NW
- Tue22°34°5%12–18 mph WSW
- Wed22°33°3%7–18 mph W
- Thu23°32°5%7–13 mph WSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Bierstadt
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Bierstadt, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Mount Blue Sky Summit Trailhead
Nearest parking
Summit Parking
Nearest campsite
Designated Campsite
All mapped places 8
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mount Blue Sky Summit TrailheadTrailhead | 2.3 km ENE |
| Summit ParkingParking | 2.3 km ENE |
| Summit Lake LotParking | 3.0 km NE |
| Summit Flats TrailheadTrailhead | 3.2 km NE |
| Parking | 3.5 km NE |
| Designated CampsiteCampsite | 7.9 km WSW |
| Designated CampsiteCampsite | 7.9 km SW |
| Designated CampsiteCampsite | 7.9 km SW |
How steep is the route to Mount Bierstadt?
The easiest mapped route, 5.8 km from 3,555 m to 4,286 m. Steepest stretch: 20°.
- 0–15°5.2 km
- 15–30°0.6 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 Mount Bierstadt summit.
Summit list 7
- 1Mount Spalding4,222 m 2.2 km NNE
- 2Mount Blue Sky4,348 m 2.2 km ENE
- 3Epaulet Mountain4,126 m 3.4 km ESE
- 4Gray Wolf Mountain4,148 m 3.9 km N
- 5Mount Warren4,052 m 3.9 km NE
- 6Geneva Mountain3,759 m 4.1 km SSW
- 7Tahana Mountain3,651 m 4.6 km SSE
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 448 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Goat857
- Yellow-bellied Marmot553
- Alpine springbeauty396
- Bighorn Sheep384
- Western roseroot319
- Ross' Avens271
Where Mount Bierstadt sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Mount Blue SkyPeak · 4,348 m↑2.2 km ENE
Summit Lake Park3,963 m↑2.8 km NE
Echo Lake Park3,230 m↑10 km NNE
Grays Peak4,350 m↑14 km WNW
Loveland Pass3,655 m↑20 km WNW
More in the Front Range 6
Mount Bierstadt downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,285 m at the summit; the official height is 4,286 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,286 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,287 m | +1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,285 m | -1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,280 m | -6 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,270 m | -16 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