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Hike · Fairview Peak trailhead

Fairview Peak

Distance
1.6 mi
Vertical
899 ft
Summit
13,182 ft
Difficulty
Moderate

Fairview Peak is a 13,214-foot summit in the southern Sawatch Range, set inside Gunnison National Forest above the old mining towns of Tincup and Pitkin. The lower slopes expose a complex local geology: Proterozoic basement rock and Paleozoic sediments uplifted during the…

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About Fairview Peak (Gunnison County, Colorado)

Fairview Peak is mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,214 feet (4,028 m) mountain is located in Gunnison County, Colorado, and in the Gunnison National Forest.

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The broad scree-covered headwall of Fairview Peak rising above a high alpine basin.
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The 1912 stone fire lookout — its second-story wooden cupola makes it the highest-elevation lookout ever built in the United States.
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Granite scree and lingering snow on the upper southwest slope.
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The lookout perched on the summit talus, surrounded by remnants of historic timber.
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