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Climbing History (Capitol Peak)Title: First Climb Entered by: Gandalf69 Added: 3/6/2023, Last Updated: 3/6/2023 Sources: A Falcon Guide, "Climbing Colorado's Fourteeners" by Chris Meehan "Dawson's Guide To Colorado's Fourteeners" Vol 1 The Northern Peaks by Louis W. Dawson ll Capitol Peak was first climbed by Percy Hangerman and Harold Clark on August 22, 1909. See picture for what they said about their climb. |
Geology (Capitol Peak)Title: Young Granites Entered by: rockdoc53 Added: 10/19/2010, Last Updated: 10/19/2010 Sources: Wallace, A.R., 1995, Isotopic Geochronology of the Leadville 1degx2deg Quadrangle, West-Central Colorado- Summary and Discussion: U.S.Geological Survey Bulletin 2104, 51 p. Snowmass Mountain and Capitol Peak consist of a relatively young granitic intrusive (granodiorite) with an K-Ar age date of 35 million years (Oligocene), and is slightly older than Mount Sopris (34.2 million years) and the mineralization in the Snowmass area. |
Geology (Capitol Peak)Title: Rock Types Entered by: shredthegnar10 Added: 6/12/2010, Last Updated: 6/12/2010 Capitol Peak and Snowmass Mountain are composed of granites that intruded during the Tertiary Period towards the end of the Laramide orogeny (the event responsible for the uplift of the modern day Rocky Mountains). These granites are rich in quartz, mica, and plagioclase. |
Name History (Capitol Peak)Title: Naming of Capitol Peak Entered by: 14erFred Added: 5/14/2010, Last Updated: 5/14/2010 Sources: Hart, J.L.J. (1977). Fourteen thousand feet: A history of the naming and early ascents of the high Colorado peaks (Second Edition). Denver, CO: The Colorado Mountain Club. Capitol Peak was named by the 1874 Hayden Survey. Although the Hayden Survey named Capitol Peak, they made no attempt to climb it. As one member of the survey team, Henry Gannett, put it: the peak's "prism-shaped top and precipitous sides forbid access." |
