| Little Giant Peak | |
| Elevation Ft: | 13417 |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 590. |
| Isolation Mi: | 1.28 |
| Parent Peak: | Kendall Peak (13,455 ft) |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Colorado |
| Region: | San Juan |
| Region Type: | County |
| Range: | Rocky Mountains San Juan Mountains[2] |
| Map: | Colorado#USA |
| Label Position: | bottom |
| Coordinates: | 37.7968°N -107.5987°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [3] |
| Topo: | USGS Howardsville |
| Easiest Route: | hiking |
Little Giant Peak is a 13417feet mountain summit in San Juan County, Colorado, United States.
Little Giant Peak is located 3.5miles east-southeast of the community of Silverton on land administered by the Bureau of Land Management.[4] It is 3miles 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 1200abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Silver Lake in one-half mile (0.8 km) and 3050abbr=offNaNabbr=off 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,[3] and has been recorded in publications since at least 1901.[5] [6]
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.[7] 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.