Specimen Mountain

Specimen Mountain, elevation , is a summit in the Front Range of northern Colorado. The mountain is north of Milner Pass in Rocky Mountain National Park.

Historical names

*Geode Mountain
*Mountain Smokes
*Specimen Mountain – 1932

Geology

Specimen Mountain is a red-tinted, extinct volcano that was last active around 27 million years ago. At that time, it was probably more conical in shape and much higher than it is now. Roadcuts near Poudre Lake contain some of the yellowish ash its eruptions spewed out.

See also

*List of mountain ranges of Colorado, List of Colorado mountain ranges
*List of mountains of the United States#Colorado, List of Colorado mountain summits
**List of Colorado fourteeners
**List of mountain peaks of Colorado#Highest major summits, List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
**List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
*List of Colorado county high points

References

External links

Mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park
Mountains of Grand County, Colorado
Mountains of Larimer County, Colorado
North American 3000 m summits
Great Divide of North America

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