Mesozoic and Paleozoic rocks
about 541 to 66 million years old. 23 crags on this site have their map point on it.
What the map says
Mainly as in Mesozoic unit (MZ) plus Permian and Pennsylvanian Fms Lithology: siliciclastic.
1:500,000 sheet: Horton and others, 2017, U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052 (23 crags). A contact line at that scale is about 500 m wide on the ground.
Served by Macrostrat (CC BY 4.0). The wording is the map's own, quoted as a fact about the mapped unit, not about any one wall.
Colorado Springs
- Garden of the Gods Bouldering49 boulder problems · Garden of the Gods · 6,336 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- North Gateway Rock41 routes · Garden of the Gods · 6,475 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- Kindergarten Rock29 routes · Garden of the Gods · 6,539 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- The Whale29 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,412 ft
- South Gateway Rock25 routes and 1 boulder problem · Garden of the Gods · 6,541 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- Keyhole Rock14 routes · Garden of the Gods · 6,369 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- Ripple Wall12 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,323 ft
- Twin Spires9 routes · Garden of the Gods · 6,420 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- Solar Slab9 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,303 ft
- Coyote Wall6 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,398 ft
- Quarry Wall5 routes and 1 boulder problem · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,371 ft
- Wiggins' Wall6 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,509 ft
- Sayers' Wall5 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,297 ft
- Swanger Slab5 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,503 ft
- Easter Rock4 routes · Garden of the Gods · 6,571 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- The Wailing Wall4 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,351 ft
- Montezuma Tower3 routes · Garden of the Gods · 6,444 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- Three Graces3 routes · Garden of the Gods · 6,465 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- Westbay Wall3 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,278 ft
- Whale's Tail3 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,288 ft
- [Redacted]3 routes · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,173 ft
- Pigeon Rock1 route · Garden of the Gods · 6,439 ft · sandstone (Lyons Formation fins; Fountain Formation also exposed) (another source)
- Crystal Wall1 route · Red Rock Canyon Open Space · 6,454 ft