According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mt. Garfield is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with very long, cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[5] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.
GeologyEdit
Mt. Garfield is a glacial horn of the Uncompahgre Formation, which is a sequence of quartzite and black phyllite some 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) in thickness.[6] The formation dates to the Statherian period and is interpreted as metamorphosed marine and fluvial sandstone, mudstone, and shale. The formation overlies plutons with an age of 1,707 million years.
GalleryEdit
Electric Peak, Graystone Peak (center), Mt. Garfield (right) viewed from Molas Lake
Garfield (right) seen with Animas River from Durango and Silverton train
Garfield seen with Animas River from train
Electric Peak, Graystone Peak (center), Mt. Garfield (right) from Molas Lake
Electric Peak, Graystone Peak (center), Mt. Garfield (right)
^Robert F. Rosebrough, The San Juan Mountains: A Climbing & Hiking Guide, Cordillera Press, 1986, page 169.
^Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
^Rob Blair, Tom Ann Casey, William H. Romme, The Western San Juan Mountains: Their Geology, Ecology, and Human History, 1996, University Press of Colorado, ISBN9780870813788, page 350.
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