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Elevation 13,707' (LiDAR)
Prev Elevation 13,695'
CO Rank 142
CO 13er Rank 89 of 582
Range San Juan
Monitor Peak

13ers Within 5 Miles

Monitor Peak (0.00 mi) Peak Thirteen (0.20 mi) Peak Twelve (0.46 mi) Animas Mountain (0.47 mi) The Index (0.65 mi) Little Finger (0.75 mi) Peak Sixteen (0.77 mi) Peak Fifteen (0.86 mi) Glacier Point (0.96 mi) Twin Thumbs North (1.05 mi) Turret Peak (1.08 mi) "West Eolus" (1.14 mi) Peak Eleven (1.19 mi) Pigeon Peak (1.25 mi) Needle Ridge (1.41 mi) Knife Point (1.64 mi) Peak Eighteen (1.72 mi) Peak Four (1.81 mi) The Heisspitz (1.88 mi) "Sunlight Spire" (1.90 mi) Peak Ten (2.00 mi) Gray Needle (2.03 mi) Peak Five (2.06 mi) "Noname Needle" (2.11 mi) "South Windom" (2.25 mi) Jagged Mountain (2.29 mi) Jupiter Mountain (2.47 mi) "East Windom" (2.55 mi) Peak Six (2.67 mi) Leviathan Peak (2.93 mi) Grizzly Peak (3.12 mi) Hope Mountain (3.17 mi) Aztec Mountain (3.18 mi) Greylock Mountain (3.29 mi) Vallecito Mountain (3.31 mi) Mt. Kennedy (3.34 mi) Point Pun (3.45 mi) Peak Seven (3.48 mi) Unnamed 13164 (3.52 mi) "The Kurzhorn" (3.54 mi) Graystone Peak (3.60 mi) McCauley Peak (3.76 mi) Vestal Peak (3.78 mi) Bullion Mountain (3.80 mi) Arrow Peak (3.91 mi) "West Trinity" (3.92 mi) Peak Eight (3.92 mi) Mt. Garfield (4.01 mi) Silver Mesa (4.03 mi) Trinity Peak (4.04 mi) "East Trinity" (4.15 mi) Thunder Mountain (4.16 mi) Florida Mountain (4.16 mi) Peak Nine (4.18 mi) Electric Peak (4.27 mi) Echo Mountain (4.30 mi) Storm King Peak (4.47 mi) "Overlook Point" (4.66 mi) Mt. Silex (4.76 mi) Peak Three (4.82 mi) Mt. Valois (4.88 mi) The Guardian (4.95 mi)

Photos

Monitor Peak and Nearby 13ers

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Sunlight Spire
2022-07-12
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Peak Four seen from its west ridge
2019-10-08
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The Heisspitz seen from the SE
2019-10-08
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The Index & Animas Mountain
2014-01-05
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The Eoluses
2014-01-04
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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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Little Finger, Peak Sixteen, Peak Fifteen & Turret...
2010-11-23
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Little Finger, Peak Sixteen, Peak Fifteen & Turret...
2010-11-23
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Peak Thirteen from summit of Monitor
2010-07-06
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Animas Mtn from summit of Peak Thirteen
2010-07-06
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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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Peak Fifteen from the summit of Mt. Eolus.
2010-01-18
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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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Pigeon Peak
2010-01-10
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Turret Peak A
2010-01-10
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East face of Turret from Peak Fifteen
2025-06-16
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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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Pigeon and Turret Peak as seen from the Animas Riv...
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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Animas Mountain seen from the Molas Pass area.
2019-05-16
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Pigeon Pk from across Ruby Basin during our climb ...
2017-10-23
By: tmud
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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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taken from 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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Pigeon seen from the Durango/Silverton train, look...
2010-07-14
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Zoom of The Index from ascent of Turret
2010-07-06
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Animas Group from Pigeon-Turret saddle
2010-07-06
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Turret Peak A from Pigeon Peak
2010-07-06
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Pigeon Peak from Turret Peak
2010-07-06
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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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Peak Eighteen en route to Windom
2010-01-26
By: Kiefer
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Pigeon Peak, Vestal Peak and Arrow Peak seen from ...
2009-01-01
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The Heisspitz, Peak Four, Mt. Garfield, Point Pun ...
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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Plenty of 13ers seen from the summit of Mt. Eolus.
2009-01-01
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Pigeon and the surrounding 13ers seen on the left ...
2009-01-01
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Pigeon and the surrounding 13ers seen near the mid...
2009-01-01
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Pigeon Peak, Turret Peak and Peak Fifteen seen fro...
2009-01-01
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Pigeon Peak, Turret Peak and Peak Fifteen seen fro...
2009-01-01
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Animas Mountain, Peak Thirteen and Monitor Peak se...
2009-01-01
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Animas Mountain, Peak Thirteen and Monitor Peak se...
2009-01-01
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Animas Mountain, Peak Thirteen and Monitor Peak se...
2009-01-01
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Pigeon Peak and Turret Peak seen from Sunlight Pea...
2009-01-01
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Pigeon Peak seen from Sunlight Peak.
2009-01-01
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Animas Mountain, Peak Thirteen and Monitor Peak se...
2009-01-01

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Trip Reports

  8 Recent Reports Peaks Climbed Added
  Needles and Fingers
By: alexhenes
Added: 5/6/2026
Gray Needle
"Noname Needle"
Peak Twelve
The Index
Monitor Peak
Peak Thirteen
Animas Mountain
Little Finger
8/27/2025 5/6/2026 19  17
  Rowdy Ruby
By: Ngrage1127
Added: 9/18/2025
Pigeon Peak
Turret Peak
Peak Fifteen
Animas Mountain
Monitor Peak
Peak Thirteen
8/30/2025 9/18/2025 15  37
  The year of the Bicentennial
By: Will_E
Added: 10/27/2024
Trinity Peak
Grizzly Peak
Coxcomb Peak
Mt. Oso
White Dome
Storm King Peak
Rinker Peak
Peak Seven
Peak Fifteen
Monitor Peak
9/29/2024 10/27/2024 35  50
  Chicago Basin Summer 2023
By: Will_E
Added: 8/25/2023
Animas Mountain
Monitor Peak
Peak Eleven
Peak Thirteen
Mt. Eolus
North Eolus
Sunlight Peak
Windom Peak
7/28/2023 8/25/2023 16  49
  From Purgatory / Ruby Basin
By: WildWanderer
Added: 9/13/2021
Monitor Peak
Animas Mountain
9/11/2021 9/13/2021 11  50
  Ruby Basin Bicentennials Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: Dobsons
Added: 9/1/2021
Peak Eleven
Peak Fifteen
Monitor Peak
Peak Thirteen
Animas Mountain
8/25/2021 9/1/2021 21  50
  Fifteen & Friends Google Map Included GPX file available for download
By: yaktoleft13
Added: 8/18/2020
Peak Fifteen
Peak Sixteen
Monitor Peak
Peak Thirteen
Animas Mountain
8/14/2020 8/18/2020 15  50
  SOLO Day Hiking the HIGH 200
By: illusion7il
Added: 9/13/2018
Peak Fifteen
Coxcomb Peak
Mt. Oso
Storm King Peak
Monitor Peak
Pilot Knob
Trinity Peak
White Dome
Arrow Peak
Grizzly Peak
9/13/2018 9/13/2018 27 
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