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Mount Blue Sky
- Easiest route
- 1.4 km+405 m · about 1 h
- Prominence
- 838 m2,749 ft
- Isolation
- 16 km
- Tonight
- 20°FPartly cloudy · Wind 7–13 mph SW
Mount Blue Sky is a 4,348 m (14,265 ft) mountain in the Front Range, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,348 m · 14,265 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Grays Peak (4,350 m)
- Range
- Front Range
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- Arapaho National Forest
- Coordinates
- 39.5884° N, 105.6438° W
How to get to the top of Mount Blue Sky
The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
From Road end, 0.9 km ENE of Mount Blue Sky
- Distance
- 1.4 kmone way
- Climb
- +405 m(1,329 ft up)
- Time up
- about 1 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount Blue Sky 3D map
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Mount Blue Sky 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 Blue Sky weather
Tonight · Partly cloudy · 20°F (-7°C) · Wind 7–13 mph SW
Mount Blue Sky forecast for the summit, about 4,008 m.
- Tonight20°–7–13 mph SW
- Sat18°26°70%8–17 mph SE
- Sun18°26°56%12–17 mph S
- Mon17°26°28%3–10 mph NW
- Tue17°30°4%9–18 mph WSW
- Wed17°28°3%6–17 mph WSW
- Thu19°29°5%6–13 mph WSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 18:46 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount Blue Sky
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount Blue Sky, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Mount Blue Sky Summit Trailhead
Nearest parking
Summit Parking
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mount Blue Sky Summit TrailheadTrailhead | 0.1 km ESE |
| Summit ParkingParking | 0.1 km SE |
| Summit Lake LotParking | 1.2 km NNE |
| Summit Flats TrailheadTrailhead | 1.3 km NNE |
| Parking | 1.5 km NNE |
How steep is the route to Mount Blue Sky?
The easiest mapped route, 1.4 km from 3,936 m to 4,348 m. Steepest stretch: 39°.
- 0–15°0.6 km
- 15–30°0.7 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 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 Blue Sky summit.
Summit list 8
- 1Mount Spalding4,222 m 1.6 km NW
- 2Mount Warren4,052 m 2.1 km NNE
- 3Epaulet Mountain4,126 m 2.2 km SSE
- 4Mount Bierstadt4,286 m 2.2 km WSW
- 5Gray Wolf Mountain4,148 m 3.5 km NNW
- 6Rogers Peak4,061 m 3.8 km NE
- 7Rosalie Peak4,138 m 4.8 km SE
- 8Tahana Mountain3,651 m 4.8 km S
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 5 km; 359 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Mountain Goat862
- Yellow-bellied Marmot552
- Bighorn Sheep434
- Alpine springbeauty401
- Western roseroot282
- Ross' Avens232
Where Mount Blue Sky sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Summit Lake Park3,963 m↑1.1 km N
Mount BierstadtPeak · 4,286 m↑2.2 km WSW
Echo Lake Park3,230 m↑8.5 km NNE
Grays Peak4,350 m↑16 km WNW
Loveland Pass3,655 m↑22 km WNW
More in the Front Range 6
Mount Blue Sky downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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3D printing & 3D apps
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,345 m at the summit; the official height is 4,348 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,348 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,347 m | -1 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,345 m | -3 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,339 m | -9 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,329 m | -19 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