Pagoda Mountain

Pagoda Mountain
Pagoda Mountain
	North aspect
Highest point
Elevation	13,497 ft (4,114 m)
Prominence	410 ft (125 m)
Parent peak	Longs Peak (14,259 ft)
Isolation	0.71 mi (1.14 km)
Coordinates	40°14′57″N105°37′35″W / 40.2493047°N 105.6262588°W
Geography
	Pagoda Mountain Location in Colorado Pagoda Mountain Pagoda Mountain (the United States)
Country	United States
State	Colorado
County	Boulder County
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 3 scrambling

Last updated December 20, 2024

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

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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.
1 2 3 4 "Pagoda Mountain - 13,488' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.
1 2 "Pagoda Mountain, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved April 25, 2023.
1 2 "Pagoda Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 25, 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.
↑ 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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[1] Robert M. Ormes (1992), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Johnson Books, ISBN 9781555661946, p. 46.

[pb-2] "Pagoda Mountain, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.

[listsofjohn-3] 1 2 3 4 "Pagoda Mountain - 13,488' CO". listsofjohn.com. Retrieved April 25, 2023.

[peakvisor-4] 1 2 "Pagoda Mountain, Peakvisor.com" . Retrieved April 25, 2023.

[gnis-5] 1 2 "Pagoda Mountain". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved April 25, 2023.

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

[usgs-7] 1 2 Geologic map of the Estes Park 30' x 60' quadrangle, north-central Colorado, W.A. Braddock, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984.

[8] Boulder County CO Peaks List, listsofjohn.com, Retrieved April 25, 2023.

[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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