Malemute Peak

Mountain · 1 route

Malemute Peak

13,308 ft · Colorado

Photo: Jeremiah LaRocco, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)

Summit
13,308 ft
Routes
1 way up
Managed by
Forest Service

Route up Malemute Peak

  1. Malemute PeakExpertFrom Cathedral Trailhead · about 4,267 ft of climbing11.9 mi round tripSee the route
Map of the route up Malemute Peak, with each route's start numbered and the summit marked
Malemute Peak · starts at Cathedral TrailheadMap © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap contributors

About Malemute Peak

Malemute Peak is a summit of about 13,308 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 about a mile away, and Pearl Pass Dispersed Campground is about 1.7 miles off. Conundrum Peak is about 2.1 miles away, and Maroon Lake Scenic, a lake fishing spot, is about 7.4 miles away.

Forecast on Malemute 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 Malemute Peak

How tall is Malemute Peak?

13,308 ft (4,056 m).

How many routes go to the summit of Malemute Peak?

One: Malemute Peak.

Where do the routes up Malemute Peak start?

Malemute 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 Malemute Peak open right now?

Closure in the area

There's a closure order in White River National Forest. It doesn't name Malemute 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.