Redcloud Peak Natural Area
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Redcloud Peak is a mountain peak of over fourteen thousand feet in the
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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 ...
. It is located in the
San Juan Mountains The San Juan Mountains is a high and rugged mountain range in the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Colorado and northwestern New Mexico. The area is highly mineralized (the Colorado Mineral Belt) and figured in the gold and silver mining industry ...
in Hinsdale County approximately 7 miles (11 km) south west of Lake City.


Historical names

*Red Mountain *Redcloud Peak – 1906


See also

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List of mountain peaks of Colorado This is a list of major mountain peaks in the U.S. State of Colorado. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaksThis article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a m ...
*
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 ...


References


External links


Redcloud Peak and Sunshine Peak on 14ers.comRedcloud Peak at Colorado Fourteeners Initiative
San Juan Mountains (Colorado) Mountains of Hinsdale County, Colorado Fourteeners of Colorado North American 4000 m summits Mountains of Colorado {{Colorado-geo-stub