Spread Eagle Peak

CountryUnited StatesStateColoradoCountyCusterProtected areaSangre de Cristo WildernessParent rangeRocky Mountains
Sangre de Cristo Range^[2]Topo mapUSGS Electric PeakGeologyMountain typeFault blockClimbingEasiest routeHiking class 2+^[3]

Spread Eagle Peak is a 13,423-foot (4,091 m) mountain summit in Custer County, Colorado, United States.

Spread Eagle Peak is set in the Sangre de Cristo Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. It is the 15-highest summit in Custer County,^[4] and can be seen from Highway 69 and Highway 96 near the town of Westcliffe. The mountain is located in the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness on land managed by San Isabel National Forest.^[2] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains into tributaries of Grape Creek which in turn is a tributary of the Arkansas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,940 feet (591 m) above Lake of the Clouds in 0.6 mile (1 km) and 3,000 feet (914 m) above North Taylor Creek in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[5]

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Spread Eagle Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.^[6] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.

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