Static Peak is a mountain peak in the U.S. state of
Colorado
Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the wes ...
, within
State Forest State Park
State Forest State Park is a Colorado State Park located in Jackson and Larimer counties east of Walden, Colorado, United States. The park was established in 1970 in the Medicine Bow Range of the Rocky Mountains. Facilities include a visitors' ...
and part of the
Never Summer Mountain Range. It is located in a chain of peaks and lies between
Nokhu Crags to the north and
Mount Richthofen
Mount Richthofen is the highest summit of the Never Summer Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent peak is located northwest by west ( bearing 308°) of Milner Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental ...
to the south. To the east lie the shallow basins of Snow Lake and to the west the mountain descends directly into the deep waters of
Lake Agnes.
Geology
Approximately 24–29 million years ago, rising magma began to create volcanoes that were the predecessors of the
Never Summer Mountains
The Never Summer Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in north central Colorado in the United States consisting of seventeen named peaks. The range is located along the northwest border of Rocky Mountain National Park, forming t ...
. The magma cooled into granitic formations that have weathered into the current mountain range.
See also
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List of Colorado mountain ranges
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List of Colorado mountain summits
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List of Colorado fourteeners
This is a list of mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado that exceed of elevation.
In the mountaineering parlance of the Western United States, a ''fourteener'' is a mountain peak with an elevation of at least 14,000 feet. This is a co ...
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List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
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List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
The following sortable table comprises the 100 most topographically prominent mountain peaks of the U.S. State of Colorado.
Topographic elevation is the vertical distance above the reference geoid, a mathematical model of the Earth's sea le ...
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List of Colorado county high points
This is a list of all 64 counties of the U.S. State of Colorado by their points of highest elevation. Of the 50 highest county high points in the United States, 30 are located in Colorado. The highest point in Colorado is the summit of Mount ...
References
External links
SummitPost.orgRocky Mountain National Park, Geology Field NotesLocal Backcountry Advocacy
Mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park
Mountains of Grand County, Colorado
Mountains of Jackson County, Colorado
North American 3000 m summits
Great Divide of North America
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