Little Giant Peak

Little Giant Peak is a 13417 ft mountain summit in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.

Description
Little Giant Peak is located 3.5 mi east-southeast of the community of Silverton on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management. It is 3 mi west of the Continental Divide in the San Juan Mountains which are a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of the Animas River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises over 1200 ft above Silver Lake in one-half mile (0.8 km) and 3050 ft above Cunningham Creek in one mile (1.6 km). The mountain's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names, and has been recorded in publications since at least 1901.

Climate
According to the Köppen climate classification system, Little Giant Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers. Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.