Hike · Wetterhorn Peak trailhead

Wetterhorn Peak

Distance

1.8 mi

Vertical

3,540 ft

Summit

13,789 ft

Difficulty

Strenuous

Wetterhorn Peak is a 14,015-foot pyramid in the northern San Juan Mountains, set inside the Uncompahgre Wilderness on the boundary of Hinsdale and Ouray counties about nine miles east of the town of Ouray. The peak takes its name — German for 'weather horn' — from a famous Swiss…

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About Wetterhorn Peak

Wetterhorn Peak is a fourteen thousand-foot mountain peak in the U.S. state of Colorado. It is located in the Uncompahgre Wilderness of the northern San Juan Mountains, in northwestern Hinsdale County and southeastern Ouray County, approximately 9 miles (14 km) east of the town of Ouray and 2.75 mi (4.4 km) west of Uncompahgre Peak.

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