Sunshine Peak map

Sunshine Peak

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4 269 m

Elevation

Elevation is the altitude of a place
above sea level.

153 m

Prominence

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

14er

Mountains higher than 14 ⁠000 ⁠ft / 4 ⁠267 ⁠m with at least 300 ⁠ft / 91 ⁠m of topographic prominence.

About

Sunshine Peak is a fourteen thousand foot mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the San Juan Mountains in Hinsdale County approximately 9 miles (14 km) south west of Lake City, and about 1 mile (1.6 km) south of Redcloud Peak. It rises on the north side of the Lake Fork of the Gunnison River.

Sunshine Peak has the dubious distinction of being the lowest of Colorado's 53 fourteeners. It is also not particularly independent from its higher neighbor Redcloud Peak, with a topographic prominence of 481 feet (147 m) (the minimum standard for an independent fourteener is 300 feet (91 m)). However it has more and steeper local relief than many of the other fourteeners. For example, it rises 4,450 feet (1,356 m) above the townsite of Sherman to the south in only 1.2 miles (1.9 km).

There's a trail called Sunshine Peak Climber's Route leading to the summit.

By elevation Sunshine Peak is

# 59 out of 4045 in Colorado
# 4 out of 84 in Hinsdale County
# 2 out of 4 in Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study Area
# 3 out of 63 in Gunnison Field Office
# 14 out of 732 in the San Juan Mountains
# 59 out of 4253 in the Southern Rocky Mountains

By prominence Sunshine Peak is

# 40 out of 84 in Hinsdale County
# 3 out of 4 in Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study Area
# 14 out of 63 in Gunnison Field Office