Snowfield Lake

Snowfield Lake is in Gunnison, Colorado and has an elevation of 11,467 feet. Snowfield Lake is situated nearby to the locality Lead King Basin, as well as near the hamlet Crystal.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Snowmass Mountain and Snowmass Peak.

Snowmass Mountain

Peak

Photo: Nelsestu, Public domain.

Snowmass Mountain is a 14,101.7-foot-high mountain in the U.S. state of Colorado, and the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state. Located in the Elk Mountains within the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of the White River National Forest, it lies along the border between Pitkin and Gunnison counties, west of Aspen and southwest of the town of Snowmass Village. Snowmass Mountain is situated 1½ miles northeast of Snowfield Lake.

Snowmass Peak

Peak

Photo: Mikethebear, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Snowmass Peak in the U.S. state of Colorado dominates the view from Snowmass Lake. It is often mistaken for Snowmass Mountain, the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state, as well as for Hagerman Peak. Snowmass Peak is situated 1½ miles northeast of Snowfield Lake.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crystal and Marble.

Crystal

Hamlet

Photo: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain.

Crystal is a ghost town on the upper Crystal River in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. It is located in the Elk Mountains along a four-wheel-drive road 6 miles east of Marble and 20 miles northwest of Crested Butte. Crystal is situated 3 miles south of Snowfield Lake.

Marble

Village

Photo: OneHistoryGuy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Town of Marble is a statutory town in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 133 at the 2020 United States census. Marble is situated 6 miles west of Snowfield Lake.

Snowfield Lake

Type: Body of water
Location: Gunnison, Colorado, Rocky Mountains, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.09972° or 39° 5′ 59″ north

Longitude

-107.0835° or 107° 5′ 1″ west

Elevation

11,467 feet (3,495 metres)

Open location code

85FJ3WX8+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 40062310

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=water

GeoNames ID

5439270

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