Sunlight Peak 5055521 163485295 2007-10-10T03:01:53Z Spireguy 483478 revert linkspam per [[WP:EL]] {{Infobox Mountain |Name = Sunlight Peak |Photo = Sunlight Peak.jpg |Caption = Sunlight Peak from Twin Lakes |Elevation = 14,059 ft (4,285 m) |Location = [[Colorado]], [[United States]] |Range = [[San Juan Mountains]], [[Needle Mountains (Colorado)|Needle Mountains]] |Coordinates = {{coor dms|37|37|38|N|107|35|43|W|type:mountain_region:US}} |Topographic Map = [[United States Geological Survey|USGS]] Storm King Peak |Prominence = 399 ft (122 m) |First ascent = |Easiest route = Red [[Couloir]]: [[scrambling|scramble]] ([[Grade (climbing)|class 3]]) }} '''Sunlight Peak''' is a [[fourteener]] in the [[Needle Mountains (Colorado)|Needle Mountains]], a subrange of the [[San Juan Mountains]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Colorado]]. It is located in the [[Weminuche Wilderness]] (part of the [[San Juan National Forest]]) in [[La Plata County, Colorado|La Plata County]] approximately 13 miles (21 km) south of [[Silverton, Colorado|Silverton]]. Sunlight Peak is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the other two are [[Mount Eolus]] and [[Windom Peak]]. Windom and Sunlight lie on the east side of Twin Lakes, in upper [[Chicago Basin]], while Eolus lies on the west side. All three peaks are relatively remote by Colorado standards, and have a strong wilderness character; however they can be popular in summer. The standard route up Sunlight Peak is from the south, known as the "Red [[Couloir]]". It is a non-technical [[scrambling|scramble]], but achieving the top of the summit block does require an exposed [[rock climbing]] move.<ref name="dawson">Louis W. Dawson II, ''Dawson's Guide to Colorado's Fourteeners, Volume 2'', Blue Clover Press, 1996, ISBN 0-9628867-2-6</ref> ==See also== *[[Colorado fourteeners]] *[[Colorado mountain peaks]] *[[Colorado mountain ranges]] *[[Mountain peaks of North America]] *[[Mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains]] *[[Mountain peaks of the United States]] ==References== <references /> ==External links== * [http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/150917/sunlight-peak.html Sunlight Peak on Summitpost] {{geolinks-US-cityscale|37.6272|-107.5953}} [[Category:Fourteeners of Colorado]] [[Category:Mountains of Colorado]] [[Category:La Plata County, Colorado]] {{Colorado-geo-stub}}