Mount Craig (Colorado)

Mount Craig
Mount Craig
	West aspect of Mt. Craig, center; (East Inlet, foreground)
Highest point
Elevation	12,007 ft (3,660 m)
Prominence	388 ft (118 m)
Parent peak	Fleur De Lis (12,253 ft)
Isolation	1.21 mi (1.95 km)
Coordinates	40°13′09″N105°43′42″W / 40.2191455°N 105.7283305°W
Naming
Etymology	Rev. William Bayard Craig
Geography
	Mount Craig Location in Colorado Mount Craig Mount Craig (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Grand
Protected area	Rocky Mountain National Park
Parent range	Rocky Mountains ; Front Range
Topo map	USGS Isolation Peak
Geology
Rock age	Precambrian
Rock type	Granite of Longs Peak batholith; Biotite schist and gneiss
Climbing
Easiest route	class 2 hiking

Last updated December 18, 2024

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

Description

Mount Craig is set 3.5 miles (5.6 km) west of the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is situated within Rocky Mountain National Park and six miles (9.7 km) east of the town of Grand Lake, Colorado. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's slopes drains to Grand Lake via East Inlet. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 2,800 feet (850 meters) above East Inlet in one mile (1.6 km).

Etymology

The mountain is named after Reverend William Bayard Craig (1848–1916), the same person that the town of Craig, Colorado, is named for.^[7] Rev. Craig owned lakeshore property at Grand Lake during the 1880s.^[8] The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.^[4]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Craig 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

Mount Craig from Grand Lake
Mount Craig (Baldy) from East Inlet meadow

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References

↑ Robert M. Ormes (2000), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Colorado Mountain Club Press, ISBN 9780967146607, p. 49.
↑ "Mount Craig, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
1 2 3 4 "Craig, Mount - 12,025' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
1 2 "Mount Craig". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 30, 2023.
↑ Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States (including Alaska). Part 2 (1936), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 2227.
1 2 Geologic map of the Estes Park 30' x 60' quadrangle, north-central Colorado, W.A. Braddock, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984.
↑ William Bright, Colorado Place Names, 2004, Johnson Books, ISBN 9781555663339, page 45.
↑ Suzanne Silverthorn (2015), Around Rocky Mountain National Park, Arcadia Publishing Incorporated, ISBN 9781439653036, p. 110.
↑ 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

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[1] Robert M. Ormes (2000), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Colorado Mountain Club Press, ISBN 9780967146607, p. 49.

[pb-2] "Mount Craig, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.

[listsofjohn-3] 1 2 3 4 "Craig, Mount - 12,025' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 30, 2023.

[gnis-4] 1 2 "Mount Craig". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 30, 2023.

[5] Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States (including Alaska). Part 2 (1936), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 2227.

[usgs-6] 1 2 Geologic map of the Estes Park 30' x 60' quadrangle, north-central Colorado, W.A. Braddock, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984.

[Bright-7] William Bright, Colorado Place Names, 2004, Johnson Books, ISBN 9781555663339, page 45.

[8] Suzanne Silverthorn (2015), Around Rocky Mountain National Park, Arcadia Publishing Incorporated, ISBN 9781439653036, p. 110.

[Peel-9] 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.

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