The mountain has a unique and prominent cirque. The cirque is tilted and made up of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks that formed on the floors of ancient seas. It is rare to find sedimentary rocks this high up in Colorado's higher elevations, for most sedimentary stata in the high country were eroded away by glaciers during the ice age. In this case, the glaciers sculpted the strata into a horseshoe shape without eroding it completely.[4][5]
horseshoe, mountain, colorado, horseshoe, mountain, high, mountain, summit, mosquito, range, rocky, mountains, north, america, foot, thirteener, located, miles, southeast, east, bearing, city, leadville, colorado, united, states, drainage, divide, separating, . Horseshoe Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America The 13 905 foot 4 238 m thirteener is located 7 1 miles 11 5 km southeast by east bearing 126 of the City of Leadville Colorado United States on the drainage divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Lake County from Pike National Forest and Park County 1 2 3 Horseshoe MountainThe mountain and its prominent cirqueHighest pointElevation13 905 ft 4 238 m 1 2 Prominence758 ft 231 m 2 Isolation2 83 mi 4 55 km 2 Coordinates39 11 09 N 106 11 07 W 39 1858243 N 106 1852987 W 39 1858243 106 1852987 3 GeographyHorseshoe MountainColoradoLocationLake and Park counties Colorado United States 3 Parent rangeMosquito Range 2 Topo mapUSGS 7 5 topographic mapMount Sherman Colorado 3 ClimbingEasiest routehikeCirque editThe mountain has a unique and prominent cirque The cirque is tilted and made up of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks that formed on the floors of ancient seas It is rare to find sedimentary rocks this high up in Colorado s higher elevations for most sedimentary stata in the high country were eroded away by glaciers during the ice age In this case the glaciers sculpted the strata into a horseshoe shape without eroding it completely 4 5 See also edit nbsp Geology portal nbsp Geography portal nbsp North America portal nbsp United States portal nbsp Colorado portal nbsp Mountains portalList of Colorado mountain ranges List of Colorado mountain summits List of Colorado fourteeners List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits List of the most prominent summits of Colorado List of Colorado county high pointsReferences edit a b The elevation of Horseshoe Mountain includes an adjustment of 2 031 m 6 66 ft from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88 a b c d e Horseshoe Mountain Colorado Peakbagger com Retrieved November 10 2014 a b c d Horseshoe Mountain Geographic Names Information System United States Geological Survey United States Department of the Interior Retrieved November 10 2014 Hopkins Ralph Lee Hopkins Lindy Birkel 2000 Hiking Colorado s geology Seattle WA Mountaineers pp 113 116 ISBN 0898866693 LCCN 99050995 Williams Felicie Chronic Halka 2014 Roadside geology of Colorado 3rd ed Missoula Montana Mountain Press Publishing Company p 195 ISBN 9780878426096 LCCN 2013025258 nbsp This Colorado state location article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Horseshoe Mountain Colorado amp oldid 1196865921, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
