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American Peak

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Elevation 13,814' (LiDAR)
Prev Elevation 13,806'
CO Rank 102
CO 13er Rank 49 of 582
Range San Juan
Lat / Lon 37.89943, -107.51255
Planning Weather
Conditions (6/12/2026)
More Member Ascents (516)
GPX Library (12)
American Peak

13ers Within 5 Miles

American Peak (0.00 mi) Jones Mountain (0.78 mi) Niagara Peak (1.34 mi) Unnamed 13549 (1.68 mi) Unnamed 13801 (1.84 mi) "North Crown Mountain" (1.88 mi) Crown Mountain (1.89 mi) Whitecross Mountain (2.39 mi) "Campbell Creek Peak" (2.75 mi) Cinnamon Mountain (2.77 mi) "Quarter Peak" (3.24 mi) Half Peak (3.48 mi) Unnamed 13003 (3.57 mi) Wood Mountain (3.60 mi) Unnamed 13403 (3.84 mi) "Animas Forks Mountain" (3.85 mi) Cuba Benchmark (4.04 mi) Unnamed 13702 (4.05 mi) Unnamed 13715 (4.09 mi) Unnamed 13179 (4.14 mi) Unnamed 13544 (4.40 mi) Unnamed 13078 (4.40 mi) Gravel Mountain (4.46 mi) "Sundog" (4.62 mi) Seigal Mountain (4.87 mi) Unnamed 13076 (4.89 mi) Houghton Mountain (4.93 mi)

Photos

American Peak and Nearby 13ers

pic1
Crown Mountain from North Crown Mountain summit
2022-08-27
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Crown Mountain & "North Crown Mountain" from Niaga...
2010-11-24
pic3
13795 from the north
2010-11-22
pic4
Unnamed 13535 from the vicinity of Point 13512.
2010-08-18
By: pw
pic5
American Peak seen from Handies Peak.
2010-01-14
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Jones Mountain A
2010-01-10
pic7
Niagara Peak
2010-01-10
pic8
American Peak from the upper basin.
2010-01-26
By: Kiefer
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Unnamed 13535 from the summit of Handies Peak.
2010-01-24
pic10
Unnamed 13795 from Handies Peak.
2010-01-24
pic11
American Peak from Handies Peak.
2010-01-24
pic12
American Peak from Handies Peak.
2010-01-24
pic13
American Peak from Handies Peak.
2010-01-24
pic14
Jones Mountain and Niagra Peak seen from Handies P...
2009-01-01
pic15
American Peak seen from Handies. Jones Mountain a...
2009-01-01
pic16
Unnamed 13,588 and American Peak from Handies Peak...
2009-01-01
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Unnamed 13,535, Unnamed 13,512 and Cinnamon Mounta...
2009-01-01
pic18
Unnamed Peak 13,795 seen from the summit of Handie...
2009-01-01

Climbing Routes

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Trip Reports

  8 Recent Reports Peaks Climbed Added
  Handies and American Peak Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: CaptainSuburbia
Peak(s): Handies Peak, American Peak
Added: 8/18/2025
 Handies Peak
American Peak		 8/10/2025 8/18/2025 14  50
  Springtime San Juan Climbing
By: DevonK
Peak(s): American Peak
Added: 5/8/2025
 American Peak 4/26/2025 5/8/2025 2 
  Tour De American Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: ReginaThomas
Peak(s): American Peak
Added: 8/21/2024
 American Peak 8/17/2024 8/21/2024 16  46
  Staying Dry, Doing American Pie
By: BirdMan
Peak(s): Jones Mountain, Niagara Peak, American Peak
Added: 7/26/2024
 Jones Mountain
Niagara Peak
American Peak		 7/17/2024 7/26/2024 6  37
  Lake City Centennial Weekend Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: madmattd
Peak(s): American Peak, Jones Mountain, Half Peak, Unnamed 13820, Unnamed 13838
Added: 10/14/2021
 American Peak
Jones Mountain
Half Peak
Unnamed 13820
Unnamed 13838		 10/2/2021 10/14/2021 14  50
  American Peak Couloirs
By: Kiefer
Peak(s): American Peak
Added: 6/10/2021
 American Peak 6/5/2021 6/10/2021 15  17
  Lake City Centennial Weekend Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: kwhit24
Peak(s): Unnamed 13820, Unnamed 13838, American Peak, Jones Mountain, Niagara Peak, Crown Mountain, "North Crown Mountain"
Added: 6/26/2020
 Unnamed 13820
Unnamed 13838
American Peak
Jones Mountain
Niagara Peak
Crown Mountain
"North Crown Mountain"		 6/20/2020 6/26/2020 7  29
  13er Trio from American Basin Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: yaktoleft13
Peak(s): American Peak, Jones Mountain, Niagara Peak
Added: 9/27/2018
 American Peak
Jones Mountain
Niagara Peak		 9/22/2018 9/27/2018 4  45
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