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Uncompahgre Peak
- Easiest route
- 5.9 km+876 m · about 3 h
- Prominence
- 1,242 m4,073 ft
- Isolation
- 53 km
- Tonight
- 25°FSnow showers · Wind 10 mph S
Uncompahgre Peak is a 4,361 m (14,308 ft) mountain in the San Juan Mountains, Colorado, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 4,361 m · 14,308 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- La Plata Peak (4,369 m)
- Range
- San Juan Mountains
- Region
- Colorado, United States
- Protected area
- Uncompahgre National Forest
- Spanish name
- Pico Uncompahgre
- Coordinates
- 38.0716° N, 107.4623° W
How to get to the top of Uncompahgre Peak
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Nellie Creek Trailhead (parking)
- Distance
- 5.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +876 m(2,874 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3 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.
Uncompahgre Peak 3D map
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Uncompahgre Peak terrain and contours
50 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one, from Nellie Creek Trailhead. 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
Uncompahgre Peak weather
Tonight · Snow showers · 25°F (-4°C) · 34% chance of precipitation · Wind 10 mph S
Uncompahgre Peak forecast for the summit, about 3,834 m.
- Tonight25°34%10 mph S
- Sat26°34°95%10–15 mph SSE
- Sun18°31°47%5–10 mph S
- Mon19°33°2%5 mph WSW
- Tue20°35°2%10–15 mph SSW
- Wed21°35°1%5–15 mph SW
- Thu23°35°21%5–15 mph SSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 22:47 UTC.
Camping & parking near Uncompahgre Peak
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Uncompahgre Peak, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
2.2 km W
Nearest parking
Nellie Creek Trailhead
All mapped places 5
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Campsite | 2.2 km W |
| Nellie Creek TrailheadParking | 3.7 km ESE |
| Matterhorn TrailheadParking | 5.2 km SSW |
| Nellie CreekCampsite | 7.5 km SE |
| Nellie Creek Site 1Campsite | 7.8 km SE |
How steep is the route to Uncompahgre Peak?
The easiest mapped route, 5.9 km from 3,479 m to 4,361 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°5.5 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
- 30–45°0.1 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 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 4.6 km, measured from the Uncompahgre Peak summit.
Summit list 4
- 1Matterhorn Peak (Colorado)4,119 m 3.0 km WSW
- 2Broken Hill4,028 m 3.3 km SSW
- 3Silver Mountain4,176 m 4.1 km NNE
- 4Wetterhorn Peak4,274 m 4.4 km WSW
Where Uncompahgre Peak sits
- Region
- Colorado59United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Uncompahgre 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 4,362 m at the summit; the official height is 4,361 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 4,361 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP lidar | 4,363 m | +2 m |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 4,362 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 4,353 m | -8 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 4,339 m | -22 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2025 (scene 2025-09-17)
- 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)
- 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
- 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