Crystal Peak is a 13,859-foot mountain in Colorado’s Tenmile Range, southwest of Breckenridge in White River National Forest. As one of the state’s thirteeners, it rises above 13,000 feet and is commonly climbed from the east through the Crystal Lakes basin. The standard route follows jeep tracks to treeline and Lower Crystal Lake, continues past Upper Crystal Lake, and then ascends gentle scree slopes toward ridges north of the summit. Its high elevation gives it an alpine subarctic climate, bringing cold, snowy winters, cool to warm summers, year-round precipitation, frequent summer thunderstorms, and a relatively drier late spring period.