Mount Craig (Colorado)

Mount Craig
West aspect of Mt. Craig, center
(East Inlet, foreground)
Highest point
Elevation12,007 ft (3,660 m)[1][2]
Prominence388 ft (118 m)[3]
Parent peakFleur De Lis (12,253 ft)[3]
Isolation1.21 mi (1.95 km)[3]
Coordinates40°13′09″N 105°43′42″W / 40.2191455°N 105.7283305°W / 40.2191455; -105.7283305[4]
Naming
EtymologyRev. William Bayard Craig
Geography
Mount Craig is located in Colorado
Mount Craig
Mount Craig
Location in Colorado
Mount Craig is located in the United States
Mount Craig
Mount Craig
Mount Craig (the United States)
CountryUnited States
StateColorado
CountyGrand
Protected areaRocky Mountain National Park
Parent rangeRocky Mountains
Front Range
Topo mapUSGS Isolation Peak
Geology
Rock agePrecambrian[6]
Rock typeGranite of Longs Peak batholith[5]
Biotite schist and gneiss[5]
Climbing
Easiest routeclass 2 hiking[3]

Mount Craig is a 12,007-foot-elevation (3,660-meter) mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

  1. ^ Robert M. Ormes (2000), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Colorado Mountain Club Press, ISBN 9780967146607, p. 49.
  2. ^ "Mount Craig, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "Craig, Mount - 12,025' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  4. ^ "Mount Craig". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Geologic map of the Estes Park 30' x 60' quadrangle, north-central Colorado, W.A. Braddock, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984.
  6. ^ Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States (including Alaska). Part 2 (1936), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 2227.