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Gore Canyon, elevation 6,985 feet (2,129 m), [1] is a short isolated canyon on the upper Colorado River in southwestern Grand County, Colorado in the United States. Steep and rugged, the approximately 3-mile-long (4.8 km) gorge was carved by the river as it passed the northern end of the Gore Range southwest of Kremmling. The Colorado descends ...
hike, scramble Elk Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the Rabbit Ears Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America . The 11,424-foot (3,482 m) peak is located in Arapaho National Forest , 12.9 miles (20.8 km) northwest by west ( bearing 301°) of the Town of Granby in Grand County , Colorado , United States .
Pettingell Peak is a 13,559-foot (4,133 m) mountain summit on the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the US State of Colorado. Pettingell Peak straddles the Divide between Roosevelt National Forest in Clear Creek County and Arapaho National Forest in Grand County. Pettingell Peak is the highest point in Grand County, Colorado.
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).
Hiking class 2 [3] Apache Peak is a 13,441-foot (4,097 m) mountain summit on the boundary shared by Boulder County and Grand County , in Colorado , United States. [ 4 ]
Lead Mountain is a summit in Grand County, Colorado, in the United States. [2] With an elevation of 12,546 feet (3,824 m), Lead Mountain is the 970th-highest summit in the state of Colorado. [1] Lead Mountain was named in 1879 on account of its lead deposits. [3]
When Grand County was created on February 2, 1874, it was carved out of Summit County and contained land to the western and northern borders of the state, which is in present-day Moffat County and Routt County. It was named after Grand Lake and the Grand River, [3] an old name for the upper Colorado River, which has its headwaters in the county ...
Colorado: County: Boulder / Grand: ... It is the third-highest summit in the wilderness and fourth-highest in Grand County ... An ascent of the peak involves hiking 8 ...