Electric Peak (San Juan Mountains)
Electric Peak is a 13,292-foot-elevation (4,051-meter) mountain summit located in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.[3] It is situated eight miles south of the community of Silverton, in the Weminuche Wilderness, on land managed by San Juan National Forest.Topographic relief is significant as the west aspect rises over 4,500 feet (1,400 meters) above the river and railway in approximately two miles.[6] 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.Electric Peak is part of the Uncompahgre Formation, which is a sequence of quartzite and black phyllite some 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) in thickness.