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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.

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Gallery

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

References

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

External links

source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pagoda_Mountain