Snowmass Peak is a named mountain point in Colorado’s Elk Mountains, in the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness of White River National Forest near Aspen and Snowmass Village, on the Pitkin-Gunnison county line. Rather than a distinct major summit, it is the lower end of Hagerman Peak’s east ridge and is often mistaken for both Hagerman Peak and nearby Snowmass Mountain. From below, forced perspective can make it look higher than Hagerman Peak, though it is actually 221 feet lower, and its striking rise above Snowmass Lake helped secure its identity on USGS topographic maps. Climbers usually reach it by the Trail Rider Pass route or by a more difficult approach from the high ground nearby.