Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

Elk Range Area

Range Type	Bogus mountain grouping for this site
Highest Point	Castle Peak (14,265 ft/4348 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Colorado
Area	5,115 sq mi / 13,249 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	78 mi / 125 km North-South 106 mi / 171 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	39° 0' N; 107° 33' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
Search Engines - search the web for "Elk Range Area": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search

Map of Elk Range Area
Click on red triangle icons for links to other ranges.

Note: Range borders shown on map are an approximation and are not authoritative.
Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Elk Range Area.

Southern Rocky Mountains	Level 3 (Parent)
Park Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Southern Wyoming Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Flat Tops Area	Level 4 (Sibling)
Front Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Elk Range Area	Level 4
Grand Mesa	Level 5 (Child)
Elk Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
West Elk Mountains	Level 5 (Child)
Sawatch Range	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Colorado Ranges	Level 4 (Sibling)
San Juan Mountains	Level 4 (Sibling)
Sangre de Cristo Range	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Elk Range Area

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Castle Peak	14,265	4348	Elk Mountains
2.	Maroon Peak	14,156	4315	Elk Mountains
3.	Capitol Peak	14,130	4307	Elk Mountains
4.	Snowmass Mountain	14,092	4295	Elk Mountains
5.	Conundrum Peak	14,040+	4279+	Elk Mountains
6.	Pyramid Peak	14,018	4273	Elk Mountains
7.	Cathedral Peak	13,943	4250	Elk Mountains
8.	Hagerman Peak	13,841	4219	Elk Mountains
9.	Pyramid Peak - Far South Peak	13,722	4182	Elk Mountains
10.	Electric Pass Peak	13,635	4156	Elk Mountains
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Castle Peak	14,265	4348	Elk Mountains
2.	West Elk Peak	13,035	3973	West Elk Mountains
3.	Crater Peak	11,327	3452	Grand Mesa

Photos of Peaks in the Elk Range Area

Castle Peak Castle Peak from Conundrum Peak (2015-09-08). Photo by Albert Wolff. Click here for larger-size photo.	Maroon Peak Classic Maroon Lake view (2016-09-25). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Capitol Peak Snowmass (left) and Capitol (right) from Mt. Massive (2017-06-17). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Snowmass Mountain Snowmass Lake, Peak, and Mountain (2017-05-29). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Conundrum Peak Castle, Conundrum, and Cathedral at sunrise from Mt. Massive (2017-06-17). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	South Conundrum Peak Conundrum and South Conundrum (to the right) during a period where the permanent snow field nearly melted out (left) (2018-08-17). Photo by William Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.
Pyramid Peak Pyramid from the Maroon Lake Road (2016-09-25). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	North Maroon Peak North face of North Maroon Peak (1992-08-11). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.
Cathedral Peak Castle, Conundrum, and Cathedral at sunrise from Mt. Massive (2017-06-17). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Hagerman Peak Hagerman viewed from Snowmass (2023-09-29). Photo by Elijah Gendron. Click here for larger-size photo.

This page has been served 16802 times since 2004-11-01.

Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page