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Storm King Mountain
The mountain in 2017.
Highest point
Elevation	8,797 ft (2,681 m)
Coordinates	39°35′22″N 107°24′03″W / 39.5894259°N 107.4008876°W / 39.5894259; -107.4008876
Geography
Storm King MountainColorado
Location	Garfield County, Colorado, U.S.
Parent range	White River Plateau
Topo map(s)	USGS 7.5' topographic map Storm King Mountain, Colorado
Geology
Rock age	~ 1.05 Gyr
Mountain type	sandstone
Climbing
Easiest route	hike

Storm King Mountain is a mountain in the White River National Forest of the Rocky Mountains, 5 miles (8.0 km) northwest of Glenwood Springs, Colorado, in northeastern Garfield County. It is on the north side of the Colorado River and Interstate 70 (I-70), between Glenwood Springs and New Castle.A ski lift at the Copper Mountain Ski Resort is named after the mountain.

July 1994 fire

It is the site of the July 1994 South Canyon Fire in which 14 firefighters died. After the fire eliminated valuable vegetation and ground cover, torrential rains caused a mudslide on the night of September 1, 1994, that buried 30 cars and seriously injured two people on Interstate 70.

See also

• List of Colorado mountain ranges
• List of Colorado mountain summits
  • List of Colorado fourteeners
  • List of Colorado 4000 meter prominent summits
  • List of the most prominent summits of Colorado
• List of Colorado county high points

References

1. The elevation of Storm King Mountain includes an adjustment of +1.292 m (+4.24 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
2. ^ "Storm King Mountain". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 6, 2014.
3. "Geologic Mapping Along the I-70 Corridor in Western Colorado". USGS. October 31, 2007.

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