Lizard Head
| Lizard Head | |
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| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 13,119 ft (3,999 m) |
| Prominence | 1,134 ft (346 m) |
| Isolation | 1.93 mi (3.11 km) |
| Coordinates | 37°50′09″N 107°57′02″W / 37.8358276°N 107.9506236°WCoordinates: 37°50′09″N 107°57′02″W / 37.8358276°N 107.9506236°W |
| Geography | |
 Lizard Head
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| Location | Dolores and San Miguel counties, Colorado, United States |
| Parent range | San Miguel Mountains |
| Topo map |
USGS 7.5' topographic map Mount Wilson, Colorado |
| Geology | |
| Age of rock | Oligocene |
| Mountain type | Ash flow tuff |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | 1920 by Albert Ellingwood and Barton Hoag |
| Easiest route | Technical climb; class 5.8 |
Lizard Head is a mountain summit in the San Miguel Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 13,119-foot (3,999 m) thirteener is located in the Lizard Head Wilderness, 6.8 miles (11.0 km) west by south (bearing 258°) of the Town of Ophir, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating San Juan National Forest and Dolores County from Uncompahgre National Forest and San Miguel County.
Lizard Head lies just southeast of a group of three Colorado fourteeners, Mount Wilson, Wilson Peak, and El Diente Peak. Lizard Head is only the 556th highest peak in Colorado by most standard definitions, but its towering spire-like form makes it one of the most spectacular.
Lizard Head lies 2.84 mi (4.57 km) northwest of Colorado State Highway 145 at Lizard Head Pass. Lizards Head Trail climbs west from Trout Lake along Black Face Mountain ridge and past the south face of Lizard Head toward Wilson Peak.
The peak was used in a logo by the Rio Grande Southern Railroad.
The rock spire of Lizard Head looks like an old eroded volcanic plug but it is actually composed of extrusive volcanic ash flows of Oligocene age resting on older sedimentary rocks of Eocene age.
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