Gilpin Peak
Gilpin Peak and Wright Lake
Highest point
Elevation	13,700 ft (4,176 m)[1][2]
Prominence	720 ft (219 m)[2]
Parent peak	Mount Sneffels[2]
Isolation	1.20 mi (1.93 km)[2]
Coordinates	37°59′12″N107°47′35″W / 37.9866601°N 107.7931174°W /37.9866601; -107.7931174[3]
Naming
Etymology	William Gilpin
Geography
Gilpin Peak Colorado
Location	Ouray andSan Miguel counties,Colorado,United States[3]
Parent range	San Juan Mountains, Sneffels Range[2]
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Grays Peak, Colorado[3]

Gilpin Peak is ahighmountainsummit in theSneffels Range of theRocky Mountains ofNorth America. The 13,700-foot (4,176 m)thirteener is located in theMount Sneffels Wilderness ofUncompahgre National Forest, 3.5 miles (5.6 km) north-northeast (bearing 23°) of theTown of Telluride,Colorado,United States, on thedrainage divide betweenOuray County andSan Miguel County.^[1][2][3] Gilpin Peak was named in honor ofWilliam Gilpin, the firstGovernor of theTerritory of Colorado.^[4]

According to theKöppen climate classification system, Gilpin Peak is located in an alpinesubarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[5] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring. Precipitationrunoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of theSan Miguel and theUncompahgre Rivers.

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