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13 Mountain Peaks to Explore in Lake County

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Lake County
Lake County is one of 64 counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. As originally defined, Lake County included a large portion of western Colorado to the south and west of its present boundaries. The county was named for Twin Lakes.

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Mountain Peaks to Explore in Lake County

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Buckeye Peak
Buckeye Peak is a mountain in the Sawatch Range in United States.One attraction of Buckeye Peak is that it makes a fairly easy and fairly safe ascent year round. There are many easy routes up the peak, but there are also some challenging snow couloir routes as well. There are some steep cliffs about, but rock quality is unknown.
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California Gulch
The California Gulch site consists of approximately 18 square miles in Lake County, Colorado. It is a unique thorn-scrub vegetated canyon, has been identified as an IBA in Arizona. It is accessed from Ruby Road by a rugged road south into the drainage. The canyon is unique with its dense shrub layer on its steep sides, and a perennial spring-fed stream draining into Mexico.
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Clinton Peak
Clinton Peak is a high mountain summit in the Mosquito Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,864-foot thirteener is located 2.1 miles east of Fremont Pass, Colorado, United States, on the Continental Divide separating San Isabel National Forest and Lake County from Pike National Forest and Park County.
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Dyer Mountain
Dyer Mountain is one of Colorado's 100 highest peaks: a "Centennial Thirteener."The mountain was named in honor of frontier preacher John Lewis Dyer. A good trekking destination and also it offers beautiful views of this area.
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French Mountain
French Mountain is a high mountain summit in the Sawatch Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,966-foot thirteener is located on the Elbert Massif in San Isabel National Forest, 13.0 miles southwest by west of the City of Leadville in Lake County, Colorado, United States.
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Galena Mountain
Galena Mountain rises to the west of the town of Leadville in the northern parts of the Sawatch Mountains of central Colorado.The range was extremely jagged and permanently topped with ice and snow. The mountains were rich in valuable minerals, and mining operations were among the most productive on Toril. Due to the extremely impassable terrain that constituted the majority of the mountain range.
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Horseshoe Mountain
Horseshoe Mountain is one of Colorado's highest peak ranked at number 72 with 758 feet of prominence. The mountain has a unique and prominent cirque. The cirque is tilted and made up of Paleozoic sedimentary rocks that formed on the floors of ancient seas.
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Mosquito Peak
Mosquito Peak is a 200 highest mountain located in the Mosquito Range and it is 2 miles north of Mosquito Pass. The Mosquito range is better know for its extensive mining history. The best time to climb this mountain is in the summer. It can be climbed in the winter because road access is within 5 miles to the summit but due to the steep sections it is not advisable unless the avalanche danger is low.
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Mount Arkansas
Mount Arkansas is an impressive peak that dominates the view from Freemont Pass on Route 91. The western slopes are less steep but are covered with scree. A good trekking destination and also there are so many tings to see and do.
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Mount Elbert
Mount Elbert is Colorado's highest peak and the second highest peak in the lower 48 states. The mountain was named in honor of a Colorado statesman, Samuel Hitt Elbert, who was active in the formative period of the state and Governor of the Territory of Colorado. The easiest and most popular climbing routes are categorized as Class 1 to 2 or A+ in mountaineering parlance. Mount Elbert is therefore often referred to as the "gentle giant" that tops all others in the Rocky Mountains.
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Mount Massive
Mount Massive is the second-highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. An iconic location which offers you astonishing views and also a good trekking destination.
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Mount Sheridan
Mount Sheridan is a mountain in the Mosquito Range in United States. The peak is named in honor of General Philip H. Sheridan, U.S. Army, one of the early protectors of the park. The summit can be reached via the Mount Sheridan Trail 3.9 miles which spurs off the Heart Lake Trail at the northwest corner of Heart Lake. This is a steep climb of 3,000 feet in 3 miles, but provides extraordinary views of the park in all directions and the Teton Range to the southwest.
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Twining Peak
A majestic mountain located in the Sawatch Range in United States.Twining Peak is a “named” thirteener and a fun hike that should be started early in the day to avoid afternoon thunderstorms. It can be done as a loop as shown: blue being the uphill route and yellow is the descent, although you can also descend on the blue line but you’d need to re-summit Blarney Peak.

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