CO Ice & Mixed

At a glance

• Crags sit between 6,458 and 14,235 ft (elevation known for 23 of 23).
• Rock, where known (23 of 23 crags): gneiss, schist & quartzite (9), sandstone (8), granite (6).
• Mapped geology under these crags (23 of 23 read off the geologic map): biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite (3), biotite gneiss (2), leadville limestone, gilman sandstone, dyer dolomite, and parting fm (2) and 13 more units.
• The USGS has mapped this ground since 1888; each crag page shows its oldest sheet.
• No crag here is within 1.5 km of an RTD stop. 1 with a county-flagged climber-access trail. Mapped toilets within 2 km of 14.
• Sun and shade:
  • In the shade on a summer afternoon (7)
  • That are shady in the morning and sunny later (5)
  • That stay shady almost all day in summer (4)
  • High enough to be cool in summer (14)
  • In the sun on a winter afternoon (2)
  • In the sun all day in winter (1)
  • That catch the morning sun in spring (7)
  • In the afternoon sun in autumn (3)