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Deception Peak, New Mexico

Prominence: 0 ft, 0 m

Elevation: 12,320+ feet, 3755+ meters

True Isolation: 0.09 mi, 0.14 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 12,320 - 12,360 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 12,324 ft / 3756 m (Range 12,324 - 12,364 ft)
Peak Type	Sub-Peak, subsidiary to
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	35° 47' 42'' N, 105° 46' 22'' W 35.79489, -105.772823 (Dec Deg) 430167 E 3961475 N, Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	New Mexico
County/Second Level Region	Santa Fe
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Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 107 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 104) Selected Trip Reports: 2008-10-10 by Phil Robinson (GPS Track) 2013-09-23 by Trey Pinkerton 2014-08-09 by Phil Robinson (GPS Track) 2017-08-13 by Stephen Mang 2017-11-05 by Stav Basis 2019-04-19 by Jeremy Korsh (Unsuccessful) (GPS Track) 2019-07-02 by Valerie Norton (GPS Track) 2020-06-11 by Tyler King 2020-06-20 by Rob Anthony 2020-07-13 by Eric Smith (GPS Track) 2020-08-05 by Eric Smith (GPS Track) 2021-06-13 by Will Wente (GPS Track) 2021-06-26 by Eric Smith (GPS Track) 2021-07-03 by Melinda Minear 2021-07-07 by Eric Smith (GPS Track) 2021-07-20 by Yangus Cool 2021-07-29 by Yangus Cool 2021-08-04 by Yangus Cool 2021-10-17 by Edmarc ⠀ (GPS Track) 2022-10-25 by Mi Ka (Unsuccessful)
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Many local climbers around Santa Fe refer to this as Deception Peak, probably because it's a false summit for nearby Lake Peak. There are a couple of trip reports under this name at summitpost.org.

Deception Peak, one of the high 12,000 foot peaks of northern New Mexico (2008-10-10). Photo by Phil Robinson. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 0 ft/0 m Optimistic Prominence: 80 ft/24 m Key Col: 12,320 ft/3755 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 0.09 mi/0.14 km Isolation Limit Point: 35.7958, -105.7717 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Lake Peak (NE)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Rocky Mountains Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains Range4: Sangre de Cristo Range Range5: Santa Fe Mountains
Drainage Basins	Rio Grande Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: Santa Fe National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Pecos Wilderness Area
Topo Map	Aspen Basin O35105g7 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map This peak was submitted to the Peakbagger.com database by Richard Oestreicher.
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Other Photos

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A panoramic view of Lake Peak in front of SF Baldy (left) and Penitente Peak (right) (2019-09-24). Photo by Eric Smith.
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