Mount Craig (Colorado)

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Craig

| photo = Mount Craig, Colorado.jpg

| photo_caption = West aspect of Mt. Craig, center
(East Inlet, foreground)

| elevation_ft = 12007

| elevation_ref =Robert M. Ormes (2000), Guide to the Colorado Mountains, Colorado Mountain Club Press, {{ISBN|9780967146607}}, p. 49.{{cite peakbagger|pid=5626|title=Mount Craig, Colorado|access-date=April 30, 2023}}

| prominence_ft = 388

| prominence_ref ={{cite web|url=https://listsofjohn.com/peak/1755|title=Craig, Mount - 12,025' CO|website=listsofjohn.com|accessdate=April 30, 2023}}

| isolation_mi = 1.21

| isolation_ref =

| parent_peak = Fleur De Lis (12,253 ft)

| etymology = Rev. William Bayard Craig

| country = United States

| state = Colorado

| region = Grand

| region_type = County

| part_type = Protected area | part = Rocky Mountain National Park

| range = Rocky Mountains
Front Range

| map = Colorado#USA

| map_caption = Location in Colorado

| label_position = right

| coordinates = {{coord|40.2191455|N|105.7283305|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref ={{cite gnis|id=178192|name=Mount Craig|access-date=April 30, 2023}}

| topo = USGS Isolation Peak

| rock = Granite of Longs Peak batholith[https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/Prodesc/proddesc_87496.htm Geologic map of the Estes Park 30' x 60' quadrangle, north-central Colorado], W.A. Braddock, U.S. Geological Survey, 1984.
Biotite schist and gneiss

| age = Precambrian[https://books.google.com/books?id=jQtHAQAAMAAJ&dq=Longs+Peak+batholith+precambrian&pg=PA2227 Lexicon of Geologic Names of the United States (including Alaska). Part 2 (1936), U.S. Government Printing Office, p. 2227.]

| type =

| easiest_route = {{YDS|2}} hiking

}}

Mount Craig is a {{convert|12007|ft|meter|adj=mid|-elevation|abbr=off|sp=us}} mountain summit in Grand County, Colorado, United States.

Description

Mount Craig is set {{convert|3.5|mi|km}} west of the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is situated within Rocky Mountain National Park and {{convert|6|mi|km|spell=in}} 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 {{convert|2800|ft|m|abbr=off|sp=us}} above East Inlet in {{convert|1|mi|km|spell=in}}.

Etymology

The mountain is named after Reverend William Bayard Craig (1848–1916), the same person that the town of Craig, Colorado, is named for.William Bright, Colorado Place Names, 2004, Johnson Books, {{ISBN|9781555663339}}, page 45. Rev. Craig owned lakeshore property at Grand Lake during the 1880s.Suzanne Silverthorn (2015), Around Rocky Mountain National Park, Arcadia Publishing Incorporated, {{ISBN|9781439653036}}, p. 110. The mountain's toponym was officially adopted in 1932 by the United States Board on Geographic Names.

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Mount Craig is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.{{cite journal | author = Peel, M. C. |author2=Finlayson, B. L. |author3=McMahon, T. A. | year = 2007 | title = Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification | journal = Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. | volume = 11 | issn = 1027-5606}} Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.

Gallery

File:Mount Craig from Grand Lake.jpg|Mount Craig from Grand Lake

File:Mount Craig Summer Grand Lake Colorado.JPG

File:Mount Craig (Baldy) from East Inlet meadow.jpg|Mount Craig (Baldy) from East Inlet meadow

References

External links

Weather forecast: [https://www.yr.no/en/forecast/daily-table/2-5576075/United%20States/Colorado/Grand/Mount%20Craig Mount Craig]
William Bayard Craig (photo): [https://books.google.com/books?id=05nSfdeYHasC&dq=William+Bayard+Craig&pg=PA22 Google.com/books]

Category:Mountains of Grand County, Colorado

Category:Mountains of Rocky Mountain National Park

Category:Three-thousanders of the United States