Mount Sniktau, Mountain summit in Clear Creek County, Colorado, US

Mount Sniktau is a mountain summit in the Rocky Mountains located northeast of Loveland Pass, rising to approximately 13,240 feet above sea level. The peak sits within an alpine zone where rocky slopes and sparse vegetation characterize the surrounding terrain and views extend across multiple ridges of the Front Range.

The name Sniktau comes from the pen name of Edwin H. N. Patterson, a Clear Creek County journalist and friend of Edgar Allan Poe who exchanged letters with him in the 1840s. Patterson moved from Oquawka, Illinois, to Colorado in 1875 to edit the Colorado Miner in Georgetown, about 15 miles from the mountain, and is buried in Alvarado Cemetery near Georgetown. He claimed Native Americans gave him the nickname, though it may derive from journalist W. F. Watkins, who reversed his own name into "Sniktaw."

The name Sniktau was the pen name of Edwin H. N. Patterson, a Clear Creek County journalist and friend of Edgar Allan Poe. Patterson claimed Native Americans gave him the nickname, though it may have come from journalist W. F. Watkins, who reversed his own name to form "Sniktaw." Patterson moved from Oquawka, Illinois, in 1875 to edit the Colorado Miner in Georgetown and is buried in Alvarado Cemetery.

The trail to the summit starts at the Loveland Pass parking area at approximately 12,000 feet elevation and covers about two miles with roughly 1,000 feet of elevation gain. Visitors should prepare for alpine weather conditions and rapid changes, especially in the higher sections of the route.

The name Sniktau was the pen name of Edwin H. N. Patterson, a Clear Creek County journalist and friend of Edgar Allan Poe; it may derive from W. F. Watkins, who reversed his own name into "Sniktaw." Patterson moved from Oquawka, Illinois, in 1875 to edit the Colorado Miner in Georgetown and is buried at Alvarado Cemetery near Georgetown.