Never Summer Mountains
A panoramic view of the range is available from sections of Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain National Park.Volcanic and intrusive processes 24–29 million years ago created the Never Summer and Rabbit Ears Range to the west.[1] Today, what remains are weathered fragments of much larger volcanoes; primarily igneous granitic formations along with preceding metamorphic content.[2][3] Beginning two million years ago, glaciers began carving the jagged peaks of the Never Summer Mountains.Tribal members who spent their youth in the area were asked the Arapaho language names for the various peaks, lakes and other geographic features.The Colorado River Trailhead in Rocky Mountain National Park has trails that lead to the Grand Ditch and remains of Lulu City.Trails in nearby Routt National Forest lead to the Never Summer Wilderness on the western and southern edges of the range.
ElevationListingMountain ranges of ColoradoCoordinatesCountiesJacksonLarimerRange coordinatesParent rangeFront RangeRocky MountainsArapahomountain rangeColoradoUnited StatesRocky Mountain National Parkcontinental divideColorado RiverNorth Platte RiverNorth ParkTrail Ridge RoadNokhu CragsCameron PassVolcanicintrusiveRabbit Ears RangegranodioriteMioceneMount Richthofenandesitevolcanic plugPierre ShaleCretaceousthrust faultKawuneeche ValleyPrecambriangranitegneissschistglaciersPinedale Glaciationlichensalpine lakesKrummholzPaleo-IndiansLulu CityDutchtownGrand DitchColorado Mountain ClubArapaho languageRoutt National ForestBaker MountainBowen MountainBraddock PeakCascade MountainGreen KnollHoward MountainIron MountainLead MountainLulu MountainMount CirrusMount CumulusMount MahlerMount NimbusMount StratusNever Summer PeakParika PeakRadial MountainRuby MountainSeven Utes MountainSpecimen MountainStatic PeakMountains 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 PeakKenosha MountainsBuffalo PeakGreen Mountain (Jefferson County)Shawnee PeakWindy PeakMummy RangeFairchild MountainHagues PeakMount ChiquitaMount McConnelMummy MountainYpsilon MountainIron Mountain (Jackson/Larimer Counties)Rampart RangeBlodgett PeakDevils HeadArgentine PeakBadger MountainBald MountainBard PeakBear Peak (Boulder County)Berrian MountainBlack Mountain (Park County)Byers PeakCentennial ConeCheyenne Mountain