Elevation

14,059 ft / 4,285 m

#53 in Colorado

#97 in United States

Prominence

399 ft / 122 m

#1,118 in Colorado

#7,230 in United States

Summits

35 summits

#75 in Colorado

#957 in United States

Top climbing months

July   37%

August   25%

September  14%

Most climbed route

South Slopes

Class 4

Highlights

  • Sunlight Peak is a Colorado 14er within the Weminuche Wilderness in the Needle Mountains, a subrange of the San Juan Mountains.
  • One of 3 fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the other two are Mount Eolus and Windom Peak.
  • Windom and Sunlight lie on the east side of Twin Lakes, in upper Chicago Basin, while Eolus lies on the west side.
  • All three peaks are relatively remote by Colorado standards, and have a strong wilderness character; however they can be popular in summer.
  • The standard route up Sunlight Peak is from the south, known as the "Red Couloir". It's a non-technical scramble, but achieving the top of the famed summit block requires an exposed rock climbing move considered by many to be the hardest move of any standard route up a Colorado 14er.

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