Snowmass Peak

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{{short description|Mountain in Colorado, United States}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Snowmass Peak

| photo = SnowmassPeak.jpg

| photo_caption = Snowmass Peak rises up out of Snowmass Lake

| elevation_ft = 13620

| elevation_ref = The elevation of Snowmass Peak includes an adjustment of +1.981 m (+6.50 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.{{cite peakbagger|pid=14606|title=Snowmass Peak, Colorado|access-date=November 13, 2014}}

| prominence_ft = 120.

| prominence_ref =

| isolation_mi = 0.24

| isolation_ref =

| location = Gunnison and Pitkin counties, Colorado, United States

| range = Elk Mountains

| parent_peak = Hagerman Peak

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|39.1108213|N|107.0522687|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| range_coordinates =

| coordinates_ref = {{cite gnis|id=175553|name=Snowmass Peak|access-date=November 13, 2014}}

| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
Snowmass Mountain, Colorado

}}

Snowmass Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado dominates the view from Snowmass Lake. It is often mistaken for Snowmass Mountain, the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state, as well as for Hagerman Peak. Snowmass Peak is not really a peak but the lower end of Hagerman Peak's east ridge. Natural forced perspective causes the optical illusion that Snowmass Peak is higher than Hagerman Peak though it is actually 221 ft shorter than Hagerman's summit. This illusion combined with its striking rise behind Snowmass Lake justifies it being a named point on USGS topographical maps. It is located in the Elk Mountains, within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of the White River National Forest. It lies along the border between Pitkin and Gunnison counties, west of Aspen and southwest of the town of Snowmass Village.