It rises to an elevation of 13,171 feet (4,015 m)[1] and provides onlookers with dramatic views and vistas.

The mountain can be climbed most easily from the western side, accessed by either the Battle Park or West Tensleep trail-heads and is roughly 24 miles round-trip from both.

The northeast slope of Cloud Peak is a deep cirque which harbors Cloud Peak Glacier, the last active glacier in the Bighorn Mountains.

[2] As the high point of an isolated range, Cloud Peak has the greatest topographic prominence in the state, 7,077 feet (2,157 m), one foot more than the state's highest mountain, 13,810 foot (4,210 m) Gannett Peak,[3] and fifteenth greatest in the contiguous United States.

The weather station there has a subalpine climate (Köppen Dfc).