Pagoda Mountain

Mountain in the United States

Pagoda Mountain

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Pagoda Mountain

Pagoda Mountain (the United States)

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CountryUnited StatesStateColoradoCountyBoulder CountyProtected areaRocky Mountain National ParkParent rangeRocky Mountains
Front RangeTopo mapUSGS Isolation PeakGeologyAge of rockPrecambrian^[7]Type of rockGranite of Longs Peak batholith^[6]
Biotite schist and gneiss^[6]ClimbingEasiest routeclass 3 scrambling^[3]

Pagoda Mountain is a 13,497-foot-elevation (4,114-meter) mountain summit in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Pagoda Mountain is located one mile east of the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.^[4] The mountain is situated within Rocky Mountain National Park and is the fifth-highest peak in Boulder County.^[8] Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains to North St. Vrain Creek via Hunters Creek and the north slope drains to Glacier Creek which is a tributary of the Big Thompson River. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,940 feet (590 meters) above Green Lake in one-half mile. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1911 by the United States Board on Geographic Names and is so named because the mountain's shape resembles a pagoda.^[5]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Pagoda Mountain is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters and cool to warm summers.^[9] 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.

Gallery

North aspect, from Mills Lake
North aspect, from Mills Lake
Longs Peak (left) and Pagoda Mountain (right)
Left to right: Mount Alice, Chiefs Head Peak (centered), Pagoda Mountain, Longs Peak, Mount Meeker. Southeast aspect viewed across Wild Basin.
Pagoda Mountain centered

References

^ Robert M. Ormes (1992), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Johnson Books, ISBN 9781555661946, p. 46.
^ "Pagoda Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Pagoda Mountain - 13,488' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Pagoda Mountain, Peakvisor.com". Retrieved April 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Pagoda Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Geologic map of the Estes Park 30' x 60' quadrangle, north-central Colorado, W.A. Braddock, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984.
^ Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States (including Alaska). Part 2 (1936), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 2227.
^ Boulder County CO Peaks List, listsofjohn.com, Retrieved April 25, 2023.
^ 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.

External links

Weather forecast: Pagoda Mountain
Pagoda Mountain rock climbing: Mountainproject.com

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