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13ers Within 5 Miles

"Sunlight Spire" (0.00 mi) Needle Ridge (0.50 mi) "South Windom" (0.53 mi) Peak Eighteen (0.55 mi) "East Windom" (0.65 mi) Peak Eleven (0.72 mi) Jupiter Mountain (0.89 mi) Twin Thumbs North (0.89 mi) Knife Point (0.93 mi) Glacier Point (1.16 mi) Peak Ten (1.26 mi) Grizzly Peak (1.38 mi) Greylock Mountain (1.39 mi) Gray Needle (1.46 mi) "Noname Needle" (1.47 mi) Jagged Mountain (1.48 mi) Peak Twelve (1.49 mi) Unnamed 13164 (1.66 mi) Hope Mountain (1.77 mi) "West Eolus" (1.90 mi) Monitor Peak (1.90 mi) Peak Thirteen (2.01 mi) McCauley Peak (2.10 mi) Little Finger (2.14 mi) Leviathan Peak (2.15 mi) Peak Five (2.18 mi) Peak Sixteen (2.21 mi) Vallecito Mountain (2.26 mi) Thunder Mountain (2.29 mi) Animas Mountain (2.31 mi) Peak Fifteen (2.34 mi) Peak Six (2.45 mi) Peak Four (2.50 mi) The Index (2.52 mi) Turret Peak (2.55 mi) Aztec Mountain (2.63 mi) Echo Mountain (2.63 mi) Bullion Mountain (2.87 mi) Pigeon Peak (2.96 mi) Florida Mountain (2.99 mi) Silver Mesa (3.02 mi) Peak Seven (3.11 mi) Mt. Kennedy (3.11 mi) The Heisspitz (3.13 mi) Peak Eight (3.47 mi) Peak Nine (3.56 mi) Mt. Valois (3.57 mi) The Guardian (3.92 mi) Mt. Silex (3.96 mi) Storm King Peak (3.98 mi) "The Kurzhorn" (4.12 mi) "East Trinity" (4.16 mi) Trinity Peak (4.16 mi) "West Trinity" (4.22 mi) "P 1" (4.30 mi) "P 2" (4.37 mi) Vestal Peak (4.45 mi) Organ Mountain (4.53 mi) Amherst Mountain (4.55 mi) Graystone Peak (4.65 mi) Point Pun (4.72 mi) Arrow Peak (4.75 mi) "North Irving" (4.86 mi) Unnamed 13027 (4.88 mi) "P 3" (4.93 mi) "Peak Twenty One" (4.96 mi) Peak Three (4.98 mi)

Photos

"Sunlight Spire" and Nearby 13ers

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Sunlight Spire
2022-07-12
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"South Windom" seen from the west
2019-09-14
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Peak Ten seen from Sunlight Basin
2018-07-04
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The Eoluses
2014-01-04
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View from north; the peaks are labeled
2013-12-05
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Beautiful, mysterious Grey Needle.
2013-06-28
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Greylock Mountain seen from Jupiter Mountain
2012-10-13
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Peak Twelve seen from Peak Eleven
2012-10-13
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Peak Eleven from Columbine Pass
2012-08-29
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PT 13121 from Greylock
2012-08-29
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Hope Mtn from Hazel Lake
2012-08-29
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Monitor Peak from Peak Twelve
2010-07-06
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South Thumb, North thumb (normally hidden by the S...
2010-03-28
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Needle Ridge seen from the Twin Lakes area.
2010-01-18
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Grizzly Peak
2010-01-15
By: rijaca
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Glacier Point seen from Mt. Eolus.
2010-01-14
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Peak Eighteen seen from near Twin Lakes.
2010-01-14
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Knife Point seen from Sunlight Peak.
2010-01-14
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"Noname Needle" seen from Sunlight Peak.
2010-01-14
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Jupiter seen from just below Twin Lakes.
2010-01-10
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Jagged Mountain
2010-01-10
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Sunlight Spire seen from Sunlight Peak
2023-05-11
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Sunlight Spire seen from Windom Peak
2023-05-11
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Sunlight Peak and Spire seen from Windom Peak
2023-05-11
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Knife Point as seen from the cabin ruins along Non...
2023-03-22
By: Anima
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Twin Thumbs North, seen from Noname Creek
2023-03-22
By: Anima
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Backside of Ruby Basin peaks and the Noname draina...
2021-06-03
By: JDroz
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East Windom and the surroundings
2013-11-27
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"West Eolus": see 13,740
2013-11-27
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Knife Point - from Upper Noname Basin
2012-10-15
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Knife Point - framed in morning fog
2012-10-15
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Knife Point - from camp at 11,040‘.
2012-10-15
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Knife Point
2012-10-15
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Knife Point‘s giant gash from the grassy slo...
2012-10-15
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Knife Point - below the face
2012-10-15
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Knife Point - early sun and fog
2012-10-15
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Knife Point summit panorama - hope this works
2012-10-15
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Jagged Mtn from PT 12890 summit
2012-08-29
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Jagged from summit of Turret
2012-01-02
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Animas Mtn, Pk 13, and Monitor Pk from saddle of T...
2012-01-02
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Jupiter Mountain seen from approach to E couloir o...
2010-10-18
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Jupiter Mountain, featuring Io couloir splitting t...
2010-10-18
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"No Name Needle" from Sunlight Peak
2010-01-26
By: Kiefer
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Knife Point from Jagged Mountain
2010-01-26
By: Kiefer
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Close up of Knife Point from No Name Basin
2010-01-26
By: Kiefer
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Jagged Mountain from Jagged Pass
2010-01-26
By: Kiefer
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Peak Eighteen en route to Windom
2010-01-26
By: Kiefer
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Lots of 13ers seen from Sunlight Peak.
2009-01-01
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Jagged and the surrounding 13ers seen from Windom ...
2009-01-01
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Jagged seen from Sunlight Peak.
2009-01-01
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Jagged seen from Sunlight Peak.
2009-01-01
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Jagged seen from Sunlight Peak.
2009-01-01
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The summit of Jagged seen from Sunlight Peak. Peak...
2009-01-01
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Jagged seen from Windom Peak.
2009-01-01
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Jagged seen from Windom Peak.
2009-01-01
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Jagged seen from Windom Peak.
2009-01-01
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The Trinity Peaks, Peak Six, "Noname Needle" and J...
2009-01-01
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Looking south from North Eolus.
2009-01-01
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Jupiter (right) seen from Chicago Basin.
2009-01-01
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Jupiter seen from just below Twin Lakes.
2009-01-01
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Most of these peaks seen from Windom Peak.
2009-01-01
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A closer look at Grizzly Peak and Jupiter Mountain...
2009-01-01
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Jupiter seen from Chicago Basin.
2009-01-01
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These 13ers are seen from North Eolus.
2009-01-01
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Some of these 13ers seen from Mt. Eolus.
2009-01-01
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Some of these 13ers seen from Mt. Eolus.
2009-01-01
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Twin Thumbs , Peak Eleven and Needle Ridge from be...
2009-01-01
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Needle Ridge from below Twin Lakes.
2009-01-01
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Peak Eighteen and Windom Peak seen from Chicago Ba...
2009-01-01
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Peak Eighteen seen from the trail to Mt. Eolus.
2009-01-01
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Peak Eighteen seen from Chicago basin.
2009-01-01
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These peaks seen from Sunlight Peak.
2009-01-01
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These peaks seen from Windom Peak.
2009-01-01
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Needle Ridge from below Twin Lakes.
2009-01-01
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Peak Eighteen seen during a climb of Sunlight Peak...
2009-01-01
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Peak Eighteen seen during a climb of Sunlight Peak...
2009-01-01
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Peak Eighteen seen during a climb of Sunlight Peak...
2009-01-01
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Peak Eighteen seen during a climb of Sunlight Peak...
2009-01-01

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Trip Reports

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By: kempenjn
Added: 9/30/2025
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Added: 9/8/2021
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9/3/2021 9/8/2021 32  49
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Added: 2/10/2020
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"East Crestone"
"Northwest Lindsey"
"North Snowmass"
"Southeast Longs"
"West Wilson"
"South Little Bear"
"South Wilson"
"Northeast Crestone"
"Sunlight Spire"
9/21/2019 2/10/2020 11  50
  Chicago Basin Grand Tour - Purgatory TH - Sunlight Spire
By: jknappe17
Added: 9/5/2018
Mt. Eolus
North Eolus
Windom Peak
Sunlight Peak
"Sunlight Spire"
Jupiter Mountain
8/17/2018 9/5/2018 6  41
  Finished - 74 Colorado Summits Over 14k
By: Eli Boardman
Added: 8/11/2018
Mt. Elbert
"Sunlight Spire"
"South Wilson"
"Northeast Crestone"
Capitol Peak
Mt. Antero
Snowmass Mountain
Culebra Peak
Mt. Yale
Ellingwood Point
8/9/2018 8/11/2018 18  50
  A Winter Sojourn To Chicago Basin: A Frozen Spire Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: Furthermore
Added: 1/2/2018
Mt. Eolus
North Eolus
"Sunlight Spire"
Sunlight Peak
Windom Peak
12/29/2017 1/2/2018 25  46
  Sneffeluffagus + Chi Basin Redemption
By: Conor
Added: 7/16/2015
Mt. Sneffels
Windom Peak
"Sunlight Spire"
7/11/2015 7/16/2015 12  15
  Sunlight Peak's West Ridge to The Sunlight Spire!!
By: jesse
Added: 8/19/2013
Sunlight Peak
"Sunlight Spire"
8/12/2013 8/19/2013 7  30
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