The southwest Colorado San Juan Mountains are made up of a bunch of very different sub-ranges, and many of them are tucked away in huge desert areas. Thirteen of Colorado’s 54 fourteeners (peaks higher than 14,000 feet) are in the San Juans. Uncomp is one of them.

Wilson Peak, one of Colorado’s 54 “fourteeners” (peaks that are higher than 14,000 feet), gets new snow from a storm that is breaking up. Wilson Peak is in the San Miguel Mountains, which are a subrange of the San Juan Mountains in the southwest of the state. 

Wilson Peak is in the Lizard Head Wilderness, which is also home to Mount Wilson and El Diente Peak, which you can’t see in this picture. In the summer, clouds move over Wetterhorn Peak, which is one of Colorado’s 54 “fourteeners” (peaks higher than 14,000 feet) in the San Juan Mountains.

Uncompahgre hill is a 14,309-foot “fourteener” (a hill that rises over 14,000 feet) in southwest Colorado. This picture shows the sunrise on it. The tallest rock in the huge San Juan Mountains complex is Uncompahgre Peak.

The sun going down behind Sunshine Peak, one of Colorado’s 54 “fourteeners” (peaks higher than 14,000 feet), in the San Juan Mountains in the southwest of the state.

In Sunlight Basin, morning light hits Windom Peak (on the left) and Sunlight Peak (on the right). There are two “fourteeners” (peaks over 14,000 feet) in Colorado. They are in the Needle Mountains, which are a part of the San Juan Mountains and are in the Weminuche Wilderness in the southwest.

La Garita Mountains are a part of the San Juan Mountains in southwest Colorado. San Luis Peak is a remote “fourteener” (a peak higher than 14,000 feet) in the La Garita Mountains.

Mount Wilson (left of centre) is the highest point in the San Miguel Mountains, which are part of the San Juan Mountains in the southwest of Colorado. Gladstone Peak is one of Colorado’s 100 highest peaks. Lizard Head Peak can be seen in front of Gladstone Peak. It is made up of the remains of a volcano, which is how the Lizard Head Wilderness got its name.