May 10 2025
🏔️ Overview The San Juan Mountains form one of the largest, highest, and most rugged mountain regions in Colorado. Rising across southwestern Colorado and extending into northern New Mexico, they are a major subdivision of the Rocky Mountains and contain a remarkable concentration of high peaks, deep valleys, alpine basins, volcanic formations, and historic mining …
Nov 22 2023
Uncompahgre Peak Uncompahgre Peak rises above southwestern Colorado as the highest mountain in the San Juan Mountains, distinguished by a broad summit plateau, steep volcanic cliffs, and an unmistakable profile that looks strikingly different from the sharper pyramids found elsewhere in the range. The mountain stands within the Uncompahgre Wilderness west of Lake City and …
