Red Mountain: A Geologic Wonderland Photo Gallery by Bonnie Perry at pbase.com

Red Mountain: A Geologic Wonderland

The following are photos of "Red Mountain", which is the eroded remnants of a 740,000 year old volcano. This horse-shoe shaped cinder cone is comprised of giant formations, some of which tower nearly one thousand feet above the surrounding landscape. Vegetation is mainly juniper and pinon pine. A great area for hiking and free climbing, located thirty miles northwest of Flagstaff, Arizona in the Coconino National Forest. Hope you enjoy the pics!

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towering amphitheater from a distance	gray tuff ( not stuff )or volcanic ash	cinder formations
cliff walls	lofty heights	weathered snag
into the basin	keyhole view	through the slot
" hoodoos " or earth pillars	rock wedgies	ascension of trees
sculpted by water and wind	ridges and ribs	dwarfed by giants
narrow passage	pillars and spires	scrub forest of juniper and pinon pine
small cave	pine in the cone :-)	tight squeeze
field of volcanic ash	ancient cinder blocks heh	sloping wall of gray tuff

prplexd		25-Mar-2005 19:07
I've hiked it, nice job!