Cimarron Ridge
Cimarron Ridge[2] is a ridge in the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado.The ridge runs north-south and occupies parts of Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray, and Hinsdale counties.Peaks along the ridge include Courthouse Mountain, elevation 12,172 ft (3,710 m),[1] and Chimney Rock, elevation 10,958 ft (3,340 m).[3] Chimney Rock is known for appearing in the 1969 western motion picture True Grit and is considered among the most difficult peaks to climb in Colorado.[4] The ridge is made up of green and gray tuff breccia and is the "erosional remains of a larger volcanic pile that surrounded several volcanoes.
ElevationCoordinatesParent rangeSan Juan MountainsTopo map(s)Mountain typeColoradoGunnisonMontroseHinsdaleU.S. Highway 550Courthouse MountainChimney RockTrue Grittuff brecciaCimarron Ridge FormationGeographic Names Information SystemUnited States Geological SurveyUnited States Department of the InteriorMountains of ColoradoBook CliffsMount GarfieldElk MountainsAspen MountainCapitol PeakCastle PeakCathedral PeakChair MountainCrested ButteGothic MountainItalian MountainMaroon BellsMount EmmonsMount OwenMount SoprisPyramid PeakSnowmass MountainSnowmass PeakTreasure MountainElkhead MountainsBlack Mountain (Moffat County)Columbus MountainElk Mountain (Routt County)Hahns PeakFlat TopsFlat Top MountainSleepy Cat PeakFront RangeKenosha MountainsBuffalo PeakGreen Mountain (Jefferson County)Shawnee PeakWindy PeakMummy RangeFairchild MountainHagues PeakMount ChiquitaMount McConnelMummy MountainYpsilon MountainNever Summer MountainsBraddock PeakIron Mountain (Jackson/Larimer Counties)Mount CirrusMount CumulusMount NimbusMount RichthofenNokhu CragsSeven Utes MountainStatic PeakRampart RangeBlodgett PeakDevils HeadArgentine PeakBadger MountainBald MountainBard PeakBear Peak (Boulder County)Berrian MountainBlack Mountain (Park County)Byers PeakCentennial ConeCheyenne MountainChief Cheley PeakEldorado MountainEngelmann PeakFlagstaff MountainGrays PeakGreen Mountain (Boulder County)Grizzly Peak (Summit County)Hallett PeakHorsetooth MountainJames PeakJones MountainLone Eagle PeakLong Scraggy PeakLongs PeakLookout MountainMcCurdy MountainMount AliceMount AudubonMount BaileyMount BancroftMount BierstadtMount EdwardsMount Blue SkyMount GuyotMount IdaMount JulianMount MeekerMount MorrisonMount ParnassusMount RosaMount SilverheelsMount SniktauMount ZionNorth Arapaho PeakNorth Table MountainParry PeakPetit GreponPikes PeakPtarmigan PeakSouth Table MountainSpecimen MountainTaylor Peak (Grand County)Thirtynine Mile Mountain