Snowmass Mountain
Wednesday, October 19, 2011 at 3:16PM Having lived in the Aspen area for five years now I can't belive I have never climbed Snowmass Mountain for camped at Snowmass Lake. The Lake is stunning and well worth a couple of relaxing days spent fishing, swimming and just relaxing! The 8 miles of wilderness trail to the lake (10,980') is relatively quick with most of the vertical gain at the end. I suggest arriving at the lake in early afternoon in time for a swim before a sunset dinner with the peak towering above!
Due to unfortunate circumstances this approach photo is the only photo we have from this excursion!
From the lake it is 2.5 miles and 3,112 ft from the lake to the summit of Snowmass. The hike is fun because most of it is just hopping huge boulders. Definetly worth the trip!