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Star Peak is a 13,527-foot mountain in Colorado’s Elk Mountains, straddling the line between Gunnison and Pitkin counties and marking the boundary between White River National Forest and Gunnison National Forest. About 15 miles south of Aspen, it is the fourth-highest peak in Gunnison National Forest. Though not sharply dramatic in relief, it rises more than 2,100 feet above the Taylor River in about a mile. Its slopes divide runoff among the Roaring Fork, Taylor, and East River systems. In an alpine subarctic climate, it has snowy winters, summer thunderstorms, and year-round precipitation. The name has been officially recognized and appears in records by at least 1899.
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