Landsend Peak is a prominent wedge-shaped mountain located in the West Elk Mountains range northeast of

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. The summit of Landsend Peak has an elevation of rising dramatically about above the valley below. Together with nearby

Mount Lamborn Mount Lamborn is a mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The peak is located in Gunnison National Forest, southeast by south ( bearing 141°) of the Town of Paonia in Delta County, Colorado, ...

to the northeast (the highest point in Delta County), it delineates the western edge of the West Elk Mountains (and

West Elk Wilderness The West Elk Wilderness is a U.S. Wilderness Area located northwest of Gunnison, Colorado in the West Elk Mountains. History The wilderness was established in 1964 and now protects within the Gunnison National Forest. Geography Elevatio ...

), and the two massifs top out about higher than the adjacent North Fork Gunnison River. Both peaks lie within the Gunnison National Forest near the

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boundary of the

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and the

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provinces. Geologically, Landsend Peak and Mount Lamborn are exposed igneous intrusions that geologists call laccoliths.

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