Snowmass Village, CO Elevation & Topographic Map
Elevation
12,710 ft 3,875 m11,340 ft 3,455 m10,650 ft 3,245 m9,270 ft 2,825 m7,890 ft 2,405 m7,210 ft 2,195 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
How to use this mapviews, tools and data
- Elevation
- Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
- Satellite
- A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
- 3D
- Tilt and turn the terrain; hills are raised 1.5×, or set ×1 for true height.
- Click or tap anywhere
- The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
- Measure
- Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
- Town area
- Fades everything outside the official town limits (US Census).
Elevation Data
Snowmass Village sits at about 8,320 ft (2,535 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.
Typical elevation
8,320 ft 2,535 m
most residents: 7,970–9,010 ft
Lowest
7,210 ft 2,195 m
on the north side
Highest
12,710 ft 3,875 m
at the foot of the Elk Mountains
Average
9,050 ft 2,760 m
all land inside town limits
Snowmass Village spans about 5,500 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.
| Figure | Elevation |
|---|---|
| Typical Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower | 8,320 ft2,535 m |
| Highest point Inside town limits, at the foot of the Elk Mountains | 12,710 ft3,875 m |
| Lowest point Inside town limits, on the north side | 7,210 ft2,195 m |
| Town center USGS map point for Snowmass Village | 8,210 ft2,500 m |
| Airport (ASE) FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways, 2.3 mi east of the town limits | 7,838 ft2,389 m |
| Average of all land | 9,050 ft2,760 m |
| Nearest peak Snowmass Mountain, 5.7 mi southwest of the town limits (NGS survey) | 14,099 ft4,297 m |
Elevation profile, south to north
8.8 mi south to north through the town center.
Altitude Effects
What 8,320 ft means day to day, worked out from the typical elevation.
Water boils at
196.5 °F91.4 °C
vs 212 °F at sea level; USDA: food takes longer to cook.
Air pressure
73% of sea level
22.0 inHg (74.3 kPa): each breath holds 27% less air.
Oxygen equivalent
15.4% at sea level
Air is still 21% oxygen, just thinner. Normal at the coast: 20.9%.
Sunburn
+17% more UV
EPA: UV rises about 2% for every 1,000 ft.
CDC: about 1 in 4 visitors who sleep above 8,000 ft get altitude sickness. CDC Yellow Book
Topographic Map
- Location
- Town in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States
- Population
- 2,925 2024 est.
- Land area
- 27.8 sq mi + 0.1 sq mi water
- Density
- 105 per sq mi
- Coordinates
- 39.2130° N, 106.9378° W
- Time zone
- Mountain UTC−7 / −6
- Landform region
- Southern Rocky Mountains
- Drains to
- Roaring Fork River → Colorado River → Gulf of California
- Airport
- Aspen-Pitkin County/Sardy Field (ASE) 7,838 ft
- ZIP codes 2
- 81611 81615
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA
Nearby Places
Nearby towns by typical elevation
- Norrie8,450 ft
- Snowmass Village8,320 ft
- Marble7,990 ft
- Aspen7,930 ft
- Woody Creek7,310 ft
- Redstone7,290 ft
- Basalt6,620 ft
- El Jebel6,460 ft
- Catherine6,330 ft
- Mulford6,240 ft
- Carbondale6,190 ft
Rankings by typical elevation
- Towns in Colorado66th highest of 484
- Towns in Pitkin County2nd highest of 5
Peaks and hills nearest, by height
- Maroon Bells14,130 ft
- Snowmass Mountain14,099 ft
- Pyramid Peak13,900 ft
- Mount Sopris12,940 ft
- Basalt Mountain10,882 ft
How we measure
- Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the town limits, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
- Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census town limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
- Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
- Altitude effects: standard-atmosphere formulas applied to the typical elevation; UV from EPA's rule of thumb (about 2% per 1,000 ft).
- Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
- Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
- Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS, Watershed Boundary Dataset and physiographic provinces; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.