Windom Peak

Mountain · 1 route

Windom Peak

14,064 ft · Colorado

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

Summit
14,064 ft
Routes
1 way up
Managed by
Forest Service

Route up Windom Peak

  1. Windom PeakExpertFrom Needleton (Durango & Silverton train stop) · about 6,000 ft of climbing18.0 mi round tripSee the route
Map of the route up Windom Peak, with each route's start numbered and the summit marked
Windom Peak · starts at Needleton (Durango & Silverton train stop)Map © Mapbox © OpenStreetMap contributors

About Windom Peak

Windom Peak is a summit in the Weminuche Wilderness, part of the Columbine Ranger District of the San Juan National Forest in southwestern Colorado. The Forest Service manages the land, and the nearest town is Silverton, about 14 miles away. Nearby, the Twin Lakes hike sits about 1.3 miles from the summit, and the Sunlight Lake Route is about 1.4 miles off. The Needles, a climbing area, is also about 1.4 miles away, with Jagged Mountain, a mountaineering objective, roughly 7.5 miles out.

Forecast on Windom Peak

Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit and needleton (durango & silverton train stop) for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.

Questions about Windom Peak

How tall is Windom Peak?

14,064 ft (4,287 m).

How many routes go to the summit of Windom Peak?

One: Windom Peak.

Where do the routes up Windom Peak start?

Windom Peak starts at Needleton (Durango & Silverton train stop).

Mountains nearby

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Facts about this place

Where it is

Nearest town
Silverton, Colorado · 14 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 Columbine Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:

Source: USFS forest alerts

Nearby

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

Is Windom Peak open right now?

Closure in the area

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

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