The Sneffels Range, regionally conterminous with
San Juans, is a young, prominent, and rugged range of mountains in southwestern
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
of the
San Juan Mountains
The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry ...
. The Sneffels range form the southern border of
Ouray County and run west to east.
Prominence
The Sneffels Range can be viewed from as far as the
La Sal Mountains
The La Sal Mountains or La Sal Range are a mountain range located in Grand and San Juan counties in the U.S. state of Utah, along the border with Colorado. The range rises above and southeast of Moab and north of the town of La Sal. This range ...
in eastern
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
and is very prominent from most vantage points of the
Uncompahgre Valley. The most prominent peak of the Sneffels Range is Mount Sneffels reaching .
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Mount Sneffels 14,158 ft
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Teakettle Mountain 13,819 ft
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Dallas Peak 13,809 ft
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Potosi Peak
Potosi Peak is a 13,786-foot-elevation (4,202 meter) mountain summit located in Ouray County of Colorado, United States. It is situated five miles southwest of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part ...
13,786 ft
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Gilpin Peak 13,694 ft
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Cirque Mountain 13,686 ft
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Mount Emma 13,581 ft
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Mears Peak
Mears Peak is a mountain summit located on the common boundary of Ouray County with San Miguel County, in Colorado, United States. It is situated six miles northwest of the community of Telluride, in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness, on land ma ...
13,496 ft
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Whitehouse Mountain 13,492 ft
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Mount Ridgway 13,468 ft
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Chicago Peak 13,385 ft
*Campbell Peak 13,213 ft
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United States Mountain 13,036 ft
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Hayden Peak 12,987 ft
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Stony Mountain 12,698 ft
See also
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Cimarron Ridge
Cimarron Ridge is a ridge in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado. The ridge runs north-south and occupies parts of Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray, and Hinsdale counties. The ridge parallels U.S. Highway 550, and parts of the ridge can ...
References
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{{Mountains of Colorado, state=collapsed
San Juan Mountains (Colorado)
Mountain ranges of Ouray County, Colorado