West Beckwith Mountain

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{{short description|Mountain in Colorado, USA}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = West Beckwith Mountain

| other_name = West Beckwith Peak

| photo = West Beckwith Mountain, West Elk Mountains, Gunnison County, Colorado, USA.jpg

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| photo_alt = Photo of West Beckwith Mountain.

| photo_caption = West Beckwith Mountain viewed from the southeast.

| elevation_ft = 12185

| elevation_ref ={{cite peakbagger|pid=16657|title=West Beckwith Peak, Colorado|access-date=July 31, 2019}}

| prominence_ft = 1465

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| isolation_mi = 1.8

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| range = West Elk Mountains

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| location = Gunnison County, Colorado, US{{cite gnis|id=186627|name=West Beckwith Mountain|access-date=July 31, 2019}}

| map = Colorado

| map_caption = Colorado

| coordinates = {{coord|38.8597149|N|107.2742191|W|type:mountain_region:US-CO_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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| topo = USGS 7.5' topographic map
West Beckwith Mountain, Colorado

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| easiest_route = hike

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West Beckwith Mountain is a prominent mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The {{convert|12185|ft|0|adj=on}} peak is located in the West Elk Wilderness of Gunnison National Forest, about {{convert|26.5|km|order=flip}} southwest of Crested Butte in Gunnison County, Colorado, United States.

West Beckwith Mountain is a laccolith, formed when magma intruded into Mancos Shale some 30 million years ago. Since then, erosion has removed the softer, overlying sedimentary rock, exposing the more resistant igneous rock. West Beckwith Mountain is one of over a dozen laccoliths in the West Elk and adjacent Elk Mountains.{{cite book|last=Prather|first=Thomas|title=Geology of the Gunnison Country|location=Gunnison, Colorado|publisher=B&B Printers|edition=2nd|year=1999|lccn=82-177244}}{{cite web|url=https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5192641.pdf |title=Geologic Road Log of Kebler Pass |publisher=United States Forest Service |access-date=April 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170223001737/https://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/stelprdb5192641.pdf|archive-date=February 23, 2017}}