Cathedral Peak

Mountain · 1 route

Cathedral Peak

13,941 ft · Colorado

Photo: John Sowell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Summit
13,941 ft
Routes
1 way up
Managed by
Forest Service

Route up Cathedral Peak

  1. Cathedral PeakExpertFrom Cathedral Trailhead · about 5,044 ft of climbing7.6 mi round tripSee the route
Map of the route up Cathedral Peak, with each route's start numbered and the summit marked
Cathedral Peak · starts at Cathedral TrailheadMap © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap contributors

About Cathedral Peak

Cathedral Peak is a summit of about 13,941 feet in Pitkin County, Colorado, inside the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness. The peak lies within the Aspen Ranger District of White River National Forest, which the Forest Service manages, and the nearest town is Mount Crested Butte, about 10 miles away. Electric Pass is the closest neighbor, under a mile away. Pearl Pass Dispersed Campground and the Cooper Basin hike are both within about 3 miles. Maroon Lake Scenic, a lake fishing spot, is about 6 miles off.

Forecast on Cathedral Peak

Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit and cathedral trailhead for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.

Questions about Cathedral Peak

How tall is Cathedral Peak?

13,941 ft (4,249 m).

How many routes go to the summit of Cathedral Peak?

One: Cathedral Peak.

Where do the routes up Cathedral Peak start?

Cathedral Peak starts at Cathedral Trailhead.

Mountains nearby

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Facts about this place

Where it is

Nearest town
Mount Crested Butte, Colorado · 10 mi
Managed by
Forest Service

Source: Wilderness.net boundaries; USFS EDW boundaries; USGS PAD-US 4.1; USGS GNIS populated places

Conditions

Active alerts for White River National Forest as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)

Is Cathedral Peak open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in White River National Forest. It doesn't name Cathedral Peak, so check the source for the area it covers (2 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · White River National Forest. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.