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North-Central San Juan Mountains

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Uncompahgre Peak (14,309 ft/4361 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Colorado
Area	1,275 sq mi / 3,303 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	67 mi / 108 km North-South 46 mi / 74 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	38° 18' N; 107° 39' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of North-Central San Juan Mountains
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the North-Central San Juan Mountains.

San Juan Mountains	Level 4 (Parent)
San Miguel Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
West-Central San Juan Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
North-Central San Juan Mountains	Level 5
Handies Area	Level 6 (Child)
Redcloud Area	Level 6 (Child)
La Plata Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Needle Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
East-Central San Juan Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
La Garita Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Southern San Juan Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)
Tusas Mountains	Level 5 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the North-Central San Juan Mountains

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Uncompahgre Peak	14,309	4361
2.	Handies Peak	14,048	4282	Handies Area
3.	Redcloud Peak	14,034	4278	Redcloud Area
4.	Wetterhorn Peak	14,015	4272
5.	Sunshine Peak	14,001	4268	Redcloud Area
6.	Jones Mountain	13,860	4225	Handies Area
7.	Niagara Peak	13,807	4208	Handies Area
8.	American Peak	13,806	4208	Handies Area
9.	Peak 13722	13,722	4182	Handies Area
10.	Silver Mountain	13,714	4180
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range6
1.	Handies Peak	14,048	4282	Handies Area
2.	Redcloud Peak	14,034	4278	Redcloud Area

Photos of Peaks in the North-Central San Juan Mountains

Uncompahgre Peak Uncompahgre from the west (1984-06-18). Photo by John Vitz. Click here for larger-size photo.	Handies Peak View from Handies Peak, CO (2008-07-27). Photo by Jerry Beals. Click here for larger-size photo.
Redcloud Peak Snowy ascent in October (2016-10-07). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Wetterhorn Peak Sunrise on Wetterhorn (2017-10-14). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sunshine Peak Sunshine Peak from 13er "Sundog" (2016-10-07). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.	Redcloud Peak-Far Northeast Peak 13,811 from 13,832 (2020-07-18). Photo by Patrick Thornley. Click here for larger-size photo.
Every Mountain 13,691 from 13,484 (2020-07-17). Photo by Patrick Thornley. Click here for larger-size photo.	Whitecross Mountain Connecting ridge from Handies (2016-10-08). Photo by Eli Boardman. Click here for larger-size photo.
Sundog From Sunshine and RC Saddle (2020-10-16). Photo by Cooper Eitel. Click here for larger-size photo.	Red Mountain Number 3 View to the north (2018-08-29). Photo by Steve Casimiro. Click here for larger-size photo.

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