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Sunlight Peak/Windom Peak, Chicago Basin, San Juan Range

14,059 ft., 39th highest in Colorado/14,082 ft., 33rd highest
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The peaks above the Chicago Basin.
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The peaks above the Chicago Basin.

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  • Looking across the Twin Lakes Basin at Sunlight and Windom Peaks from Mount Eolus. Smoke from a massive wildfire fills the sky in the background; Colorado San Juan Range.
  • The steam locomotive arrives at Needleton to pick up backpackers.
  • The Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge train was built in 1882 to haul silver and gold from mines deep in the San Juan wilderness.
  • Panoramic view northeast from the summit of Mount Eolus; Colorado San Juan Range
  • The peaks above the Chicago Basin.
  • Sunrise over Sunlight and Windom Peaks, Colorado San Juans.
  • The upper slopes and summit of Sunlight Peak; Colorado San Juans.
  • The rugged ridge line of Sunlight Peak, viewed from Windom's summit block; Arrow and Vestal, distant right; Colorado San Juans.
  • Hiker "Bulldog" on the final approach to Sunlight's summit; Windom Peak in the background. Colorado San Juans.
  • Windom Peak (14,082 ft.); Colorado San Juans.
  • Hikers are treated to beautiful scenery along the Needle Creek trail to the Chicago Basin.
  • Baby Mountain Goats in the upper Chicago Basin, Colorado San Juans.
  • From North Eolus, looking down and across the east slopes of Mount Eolus toward Sunlight and Windom Peaks; Colorado San Juan Range
  • A window through Sunlight's upper southeast ridge; Colorado San Juans.
  • A hiker squeezes through a narrow gap leading to the Sunlight summit; Colorado San Juans.
  • Early morning profiles of goats on the ridge above the Chicago Basin, Colorado San Juans.
  • Mount Eolus and Sunlight Peak viewed from Windom's north slopes; Colorado San Juans.
  • A huge plume of smoke from a distant wildfire gives Sunlight Spire the appearance of an erupting volcano; Colorado San Juan Range.
  • Sunlight Spire and Windom Peak; Colorado San Juans.
  • Sunlight Peak, Windom Peak and the Needle Mountains overlook the Chicago Basin; Colorado San Juans.
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