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Pigeon Peak

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4 260 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

352 m

Prominence

Peak’s prominence is the least
vertical to be covered to get from the
summit to any other higher terrain.

13er

Thirteeners are mountains higher than 13 ⁠000 ⁠ft / 3 ⁠962 ⁠m having at least 300 ⁠ft / 91 ⁠m of topographic prominence.

About

Pigeon Peak, elevation 13,978 ft (4,260 m), is a summit in the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwestern part of the US State of Colorado. It rises dramatically on the east side of the Animas River, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) west of the fourteener Mount Eolus. It is located in the Weminuche Wilderness, part of the San Juan National Forest.

Pigeon Peak is notable both for its absolute height and for its local relief. It is the 57th highest independent peak in Colorado,

narrowly missing the well-known list of fourteeners. In terms of local relief, it is one of the most impressive peaks in Colorado. Its most dramatic rise is over the Animas River to the west, over which it rises nearly 6,000 feet (1,829 m) in under 2.5 miles (4 km). Also, its east face is an 800 feet (244 m) cliff.

By elevation Pigeon Peak is

# 63 out of 4045 in Colorado
# 5 out of 126 in Weminuche Wilderness Area
# 5 out of 132 in La Plata County
# 16 out of 732 in the San Juan Mountains
# 63 out of 4253 in the Southern Rocky Mountains

By prominence Pigeon Peak is

# 13 out of 126 in Weminuche Wilderness Area
# 7 out of 132 in La Plata County
# 68 out of 732 in the San Juan Mountains