Twin Peaks is a high mountain in southern Colorado’s Sangre de Cristo Range, within the Sangre de Cristo Wilderness on Rio Grande National Forest land. Its name comes from its paired summits, with the north peak reaching 13,580 feet and the south peak 13,534 feet about a quarter mile away. In Alamosa County it is the sixth-highest summit and ranks 198th among Colorado’s summits. The mountain rises more than 5,800 feet above the San Luis Valley in just four miles, giving it especially dramatic relief. Runoff drains through Zapata, Urraca, and Pioneer creeks, and its alpine climate brings snowy winters, summer thunderstorms, and late-summer monsoon weather.