The Mummy Range (elevation approximately 13,000 ft) is a

mountain range A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground. A mountain system or mountain belt is a group of mountain ranges with similarity in form, structure, and alignment that have arise ...

in the

Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico ...

of northern

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in the

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. The range is a short subrange of the

Front Range The Front Range is a mountain range of the Southern Rocky Mountains of North America located in the central portion of the U.S. State of Colorado, and southeastern portion of the U.S. State of Wyoming. It is the first mountain range encountered ...

located in southwestern Larimer County northwest of the town of Estes Park. It is located largely within Rocky Mountain National Park, extending north from

Trail Ridge Road Trail Ridge Road is the name for the stretch of U.S. Highway 34 that traverses Rocky Mountain National Park from Estes Park, Colorado in the east to Grand Lake, Colorado in the west. Together with the connecting Beaver Meadow Road ( U.S. High ...

approximately 15 miles (24 km). The Arapaho name is "nooku-bee3ei-no," which translates to "White Owls." Prominent peaks in the range include

Hagues Peak Hagues Peak is the highest summit of the Mummy Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, northwest ( bearing 318°) of the Town of Estes Park, Colorado, United States. H ...

, Ypsilon Mountain, Mummy Mountain, and Mount Chiquita. These peaks are easily accessible via the Lawn Lake trail leading to "the Saddle" between Hagues Peak and

Fairchild Mountain Fairchild Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Mummy Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The thirteener is located in the Rocky Mountain National Park Wilderness, northwest ( bearing 311°) of the Town of Estes Park in L ...

and, on the southwestern end, the Chapin Pass trail from the Fall River road. Some offer reasonably challenging technical routes but all can be ascended by steep hiking and mild scrambling after snow melt.

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Hiking info and photos of Ypsilon Lake, which sits at the base of Ypsilon Mountain
Mountain ranges of Colorado Ranges of the Rocky Mountains Landforms of Larimer County, Colorado Rocky Mountain National Park {{Colorado-geo-stub

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