Radial Mountain
{{Short description|American mountain in Colorado}}
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| photo = Radial Mountain from Parkview Mountain 2024-06-28, Cropped.jpg
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| photo_alt = Radial Mountain viewed from neighboring Parkview Mountain on June 28, 2024.
| photo_caption = Viewed from Parkview Mountain, June 2024.
| map = Colorado
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| map_caption = The peak's location in Colorado
| location = Grand and Jackson counties in Colorado
| range = Rabbit Ears Range{{cite web |url=https://www.summitpost.org/rabbit-ears-range/788721 |title=Rabbit Ears Range |author= |date=2021 |website=SummitPost |publisher= |access-date=October 21, 2022}}
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| elevation_m = 3428
| elevation_ft = 11247
| elevation_ref = {{cite gnis | 173053 | Radial Mountain | October 21, 2022}}
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| prominence_m = 427
| prominence_ft = 1401
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| isolation_km = 6.11
| isolation_mi = 3.8
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| coordinates = {{coord|40|21|34.39|N|106|3|7.19|W|display=inline,title}}
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Radial Mountain, elevation {{convert|11247|ft|m|abbr=on}}, is a mountain in Grand and Jackson counties in northern Colorado. The mountain lies in the Rabbit Ears Range, east of Parkview Mountain and Willow Creek Pass. It straddles the Continental Divide, and the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail passes along the south side of the peak.{{cite web |url=https://continentaldividetrail.org/explore-the-trail/ |title=CDT Interactive Map |author= |date=n.d. |website=Continental Divide Trail Coalition |publisher= |access-date=October 20, 2022 |quote=}}
Geology
Several magmatic dikes radiate out from the mountain, and some are visible from Colorado State Highway 125, which goes over Willow Creek Pass just west of Radial Mountain.{{cite web |url=https://csmsgeologypost.blogspot.com/2011/10/dikes-at-willow-creek.html |title=Dikes at Willow Creek |author=Mike |date=October 24, 2011 |website=CSMS geology post |publisher= |access-date=October 21, 2022 |quote=}}
file:Radial Mountain.JPG visible on the ridge.]]
Hiking
Radial Mountain is among the most accessible to hike in the Rabbit Ears Range. It's close to Willow Creek Pass, where the Continental Divide Trail passes the highway. The trail doesn't go to the peak's summit, but it brings hikers partly there, then from that point, one can hike through the trees to the summit.{{cite web |url=http://www.climb.mountains.com/Book_Land_files/RMNP_files/Radial.shtml |title=Radial Mountain – 11,241 feet |first=Gerry |last=Roach |date=n.d. |website=Summit sight |publisher= |access-date=October 21, 2022 |quote=}}
==References==
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{{Mountains of Colorado|state=collapsed}}
Category:Mountains of Grand County, Colorado
Category:Mountains of Jackson County, Colorado
Category:Three-thousanders of the United States
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