Uncompahgre Wilderness

{{short description|Protected area in southwestern Colorado, US}}

{{Other uses|Uncompahgre (disambiguation)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox protected area

| name = Uncompahgre Wilderness

| iucn_category = Ib

| photo = Uncompahgre Wilderness (9503396868).jpg

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| map_image = Uncompahgre Wilderness location in Colorado.png

| map_caption = Location within Colorado (red)

| location = Hinsdale / Ouray / Gunnison counties, Colorado, USA

| nearest_city = Grand Junction, CO

| coordinates = {{coord|38|6|16|N|107|28|42|W|region:US|display=inline, title}}

| coords_ref = {{cite gnis|2035331|Uncompahgre Wilderness}}

| area_acre = 102,721

| established = January 1, 1980

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| visitation_year =

| governing_body = U.S. Forest Service
U.S. Bureau of Land Management

}}

The Uncompahgre Wilderness{{refn|Pronounced {{IPAc-en|audio=en-us-Uncompahgre.ogg|ʌ|n|k|ʌ|m|'|p|ɑː|g|r|eɪ}}.{{cite book|last=Benson|first=Maxine|title=1001 Colorado Place Names|location=Lawrence|publisher=University Press of Kansas|year=1994|isbn=0-7006-0632-7}}}} (formerly called the Big Blue Wilderness) is a U.S. Wilderness Area in southwest Colorado comprising {{convert|102721|acre|km2}}. Elevation in the Wilderness ranges from {{convert|8400|ft|m}} to {{convert|14309|ft|m}}, at the summit of Uncompahgre Peak.{{cite web |title=Uncompahgre Wilderness |publisher=Wilderness.net |url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=Uncompahgre%20Wilderness |access-date=August 12, 2012}}{{cite web |title=Uncompahgre Wilderness Area |publisher=Colorado Wilderness |url=http://www.coloradowilderness.com/wildpages/uncompahgre.html |access-date=August 12, 2012}}

Managed by the Uncompahgre National Forest, it is located approximately {{convert|5|mi|km}} northwest of the town of Lake City and some {{convert|10|mi|km}} east of the town of Ouray.

The area is named for Uncompahgre Peak, which at {{convert|14309|ft|m}} is the highest peak in the San Juan Mountains. The Wilderness includes one other prominent fourteener, Wetterhorn Peak at {{convert|14015|ft|m}}.