Eagle/Vail/Minturn/Red Cliff

At a glance

• Crags sit between 6,897 and 9,396 ft (elevation known for 55 of 55).
• Rock, where known (54 of 55 crags): gneiss, schist & quartzite (36), sandstone (18).
• Mapped geology under these crags (55 of 55 read off the geologic map): biotitic gneiss, schist, and migmatite (23), leadville limestone, williams canyon limestone , manitou limestone, and sawatch quartzite (12), morrison fm and entrada sandstone (9) and 5 more units.
• The USGS has mapped this ground since 1889; each crag page shows its oldest sheet.
• 2 crags within a walk of an RTD stop. Mapped toilets within 2 km of 26.
• Sun and shade:
  • In the shade on a summer afternoon (4)
  • That are shady in the morning and sunny later (24)
  • That stay shady almost all day in summer (1)
  • High enough to be cool in summer (15)
  • In the sun on a winter afternoon (5)
  • In the sun all day in winter (4)
  • That catch the morning sun in spring (18)
  • In the afternoon sun in autumn (20)