Mt. Evans is a 14,271' peak in the front range of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain can be seen from Denver and is the tallest peak in the Mt. Evans Wilderness of Clear Creek county. The Mountain is 35 miles from Metropolitan Denver as the crow flies. There is a road the goes entirely up the peak, stopping only 34 feet short of the summit. In order to visit the top of the peak, you are required to pay a fee.
The reason I chose Mt. Evans is that it is primarily granodiorite, a type of coarsely-grained igneous rock closely related to granite. The main difference between granodiorite and granite is that it contains more plagioclase feldspar than orthoclase feldspar, and vice versa for granite. I could tell by the light color of the rock of the mountain that it was either granite or a closely related igneous rock. Upon further research I realized that it was in fact granodiorite.
Sources:
Southwest, The American. "Mount Evans." The American Southwest, www.americansouthwest.net/colorado/mount-evans/index.html.
Mt. Evan's is beautiful and the view from the top is breathtaking!
ReplyDeleteAs a native Coloradan, I am very familiar with Mt. Evans. I even went to Outdoor Lab there. I didn't know that it was a granodiorite formation though. I'm always happy to learn new things about Colorado.
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