Gilpin Peak

Mountain · 1 route

Gilpin Peak

13,691 ft · Colorado

Photo: Greg Willis from Denver, CO, usa, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Summit
13,691 ft
Routes
1 way up
Managed by
Forest Service

Route up Gilpin Peak

  1. Gilpin PeakHardabout 1,904 ft of climbingDistance being verifiedSee the route
Map of the route up Gilpin Peak, with each route's start numbered and the summit marked
Gilpin PeakMap © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap contributors

About Gilpin Peak

Gilpin Peak is a summit of about 13,691 feet in Ouray County, Colorado, on the Ouray Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. The Forest Service manages the land, and the nearest town is Telluride, about 3.5 miles away. A summit route leads to the top. Cirque Mountain and Wrights Lake are both under a mile away. Mill Creek Basin Backcountry Camp sits about 1.1 miles off, and the climbing at Citradelica Rock is about 1.5 miles away.

Forecast on Gilpin Peak

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

Questions about Gilpin Peak

How tall is Gilpin Peak?

13,691 ft (4,173 m).

How many routes go to the summit of Gilpin Peak?

One: Gilpin Peak.

Mountains nearby

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Facts about this place

Where it is

Nearest town
Telluride, Colorado · 3.5 mi
Managed by
Forest Service

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

Conditions

Active alerts for Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

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

Is Gilpin Peak open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. It doesn't name Gilpin Peak, so check the source for the area it covers (2 listed).

As of · Source: USFS · Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests. Agencies don't list every closure — check before you go.