The South San Juan Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located in the San Juan National Forest, east of Pagosa Springs, in southern Colorado.

[2] The area, which spans 158,790 acres, was designated a Wilderness Area and put into the National Wilderness Preservation System in 1980 by the United States Congress.

[3] The Conejos, San Juan, and Blanco rivers all begin in the area.

[4] The wilderness area contains: 32 lakes,[citation needed] many peaks above 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the highest of which is Summit Peak at 13,307 feet,[citation needed] and 180 miles (290 km) of hiking trails, that includes 42 miles (68 km) of the Continental Divide Trail.

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