The Sneffels Range, regionally conterminous with San Juans, is a young, prominent, and rugged range of mountains in southwestern

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

of the

San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry ...

. The Sneffels range form the southern border of

Ouray County Ouray County is a county located in the U.S. state of Colorado. As of the 2020 census, the population was 4,874. The county seat is Ouray. Because of its rugged mountain topography, Ouray County is also known as the Switzerland of America. H ...

and run west to east.

Prominence

The Sneffels Range can be viewed from as far as the

La Sal Mountains The La Sal Mountains or La Sal Range are a mountain range located in Grand and San Juan counties in the U.S. state of Utah, along the border with Colorado. The range rises above and southeast of Moab and north of the town of La Sal. This range ...

in eastern

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and is very prominent from most vantage points of the

Uncompahgre Valley The Uncompahgre Valley is an agricultural valley of the Uncompahgre River around the town of Montrose in the western part of the U.S. state of Colorado. The valley is bounded to the south and east by the San Juan Mountains and to the west by t ...

. The most prominent peak of the Sneffels Range is Mount Sneffels reaching . *

Mount Sneffels Mount Sneffels is the List of Colorado mountain ranges, highest summit of the Sneffels Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The Topographic prominence, prominent fourteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre N ...

14,158 ft *

Teakettle Mountain Teakettle Mountain, elevation , is a summit in the Sneffels Range of southwest Colorado. The peak is west of Ouray in the Uncompahgre National Forest. See also * List of Colorado mountain ranges * List of Colorado mountain summits **List of C ...

13,819 ft * Dallas Peak 13,809 ft *

Potosi Peak Potosi Peak is a 13,786-foot-elevation (4,202 meter) mountain summit located in Ouray County of Colorado, United States. It is situated five miles southwest of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part o ...

13,786 ft *

Gilpin Peak Gilpin Peak is a Elevation, high mountain summit in the Sneffels Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness of Uncompahgre National Forest, north-northeast (Absolute bearing, beari ...

13,694 ft *

Cirque Mountain Cirque Mountain is a mountain located northeast of Mount Caubvick Mount Caubvick (known as Mont D'Iberville in Quebec) is a mountain located in Canada on the border between Labrador and Quebec in the Selamiut Range of the Torngat Mountains. ...

13,686 ft *

Mount Emma Mount Emma is a mountain summit located in San Miguel County of Colorado, United States. It is situated three miles north of the community of Telluride, on the south side of Yankee Boy Basin, in the Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of ...

13,581 ft *

Mears Peak Mears Peak is a mountain summit located on the common boundary of Ouray County with San Miguel County, in Colorado, United States. It is situated six miles northwest of the community of Telluride, in the Mount Sneffels Wilderness, on land man ...

13,496 ft *

Whitehouse Mountain Whitehouse Mountain is a mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated four miles west of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range wh ...

13,492 ft *

Mount Ridgway Mount Ridgway is a mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated five miles west of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels Range which is ...

13,468 ft *

Chicago Peak Chicago Peak is a mountain summit located on the shared boundary of San Miguel County with Ouray County in southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated east of the community of Telluride, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. ...

13,385 ft *Campbell Peak 13,213 ft *

United States Mountain United States Mountain is a mountain summit located in Ouray County of southwest Colorado, United States. It is situated six miles southwest of the community of Ouray, on land managed by Uncompahgre National Forest. It is part of the Sneffels ...

13,036 ft * Hayden Peak 12,987 ft * Stony Mountain 12,698 ft

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* {{Mountains of Colorado, state=collapsed San Juan Mountains (Colorado) Mountain ranges of Ouray County, Colorado