Crystal Peak (Tenmile Range)

Crystal Peak
Crystal Peak
	Crystal Peak viewed from Peak 8
Highest point
Elevation	13,859 ft (4,224 m)
Prominence	632 ft (193 m)
Isolation	0.91 mi (1.46 km)
Coordinates	39°26′04″N 106°06′52″W / 39.4344319°N 106.1144652°W
Geography
	Crystal Peak Colorado
Location	Summit County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	Tenmile Range
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map; Breckenridge, Colorado
Climbing
Easiest route	Class 2

Crystal Peak is a high mountain summit in the Tenmile Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,859-foot (4,224 m) thirteener is in White River National Forest, 5.9 miles (9.5 km) southwest (bearing 220°) of the Town of Breckenridge in Summit County, Colorado, United States.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Approach routes

Most climbers approach Crystal Peak from the east, in particular via the Crystal Lakes basin. This approach, a pleasant hike, follows jeep trails until treeline and Lower Crystal Lake. Four-wheel-drive vehicles can generally make it this far. A trail on the lake's north side takes climbers to Upper Crystal Lake, where gentle scree slopes provide access to the ridges north of the summit.^{[citation needed]}

Crystal Peak (left) and line parent Pacific Peak

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, the mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[4] 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.

References

^ ^a ^b The elevation of Crystal Peak includes an adjustment of +1.996 m (+6.55 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Crystal Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Crystal Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.