'''Snowmass Peak''' in the [[US state]] of [[Colorado]] dominates the view from [[Snowmass Lake]]. It is often mistaken for [[Snowmass Mountain]] the thirty-fourth highest mountain peak in the state and for [[Hagerman Peak]]. Snowmass Peak is not really a peak but the lower end of Hagerman Peak's east ridge. Natural [[forced perspective]] causes the [[optical illusion]] that Snowmass Peak is higher than [[Hagerman Peak]] though it is actually 221 ft shorter than Hagerman's summit. This illusion combined with its striking rise behind [[Snowmass Lake]] justifies it being a named point on USGS topo maps. It is located in the [[Elk Mountains (Colorado)|Elk Mountains]], within the [[Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness]] of the [[White River National Forest]]. It lies along the border between [[Pitkin County, Colorado|Pitkin]] and [[Gunnison County, Colorado|Gunnison]] counties, west of [[Aspen, Colorado|Aspen]] and southwest of the town of [[Snowmass Village, Colorado|Snowmass Village]].
