Buena Vista

At a glance

• Crags sit between 6,564 and 13,166 ft (elevation known for 66 of 67).
• Rock, where known (56 of 67 crags): granite (54), gneiss, schist & quartzite (1), sandstone (1).
• Mapped geology under these crags (66 of 67 read off the geologic map): elephant rock granite (41), young stream-channel and overbank alluvium (6), langhoff gulch granite (4) and 12 more units.
• The USGS has mapped this ground since 1889; each crag page shows its oldest sheet.
• No crag here is within 1.5 km of an RTD stop. Mapped toilets within 2 km of 45.
• Sun and shade:
  • In the shade on a summer afternoon (6)
  • That are shady in the morning and sunny later (21)
  • That stay shady almost all day in summer (1)
  • High enough to be cool in summer (21)
  • In the sun on a winter afternoon (30)
  • In the sun all day in winter (10)
  • That catch the morning sun in spring (18)
  • In the afternoon sun in autumn (33)