Mountains

MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS

Links: ~ ABAJO MTS ~ BLACK MESA AZ ~ BLACK MESA NM ~ CARRIZO MOUNTAINS ~

CHUSKA MOUNTAINS ~ DARK CANYON PRIMITIVE AREA ~ DEFIANCE PLATEAU ~ HOPI BUTTES ~

HOPI MESAS ~ LA SAL MOUNTAINS ~ LUKACHUKAI MOUNTAINS ~ NAVAJO MOUNTAIN ~

SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS ~ SAN MATEO MOUNTAINS ~ ZUNI MOUNTAINS ~

The Forests: CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST ~ MANTI LA-SAL NATIONAL FOREST ~

The 4 Corners Mountains has three parts, This Site and the Sangre de Cristo Mountains

and The San Juan Mountains

SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ~ Mountain Passes, Latir Peak Wilderness, Pecos Wilderness,

Spanish Peaks, Valle Vidal, Wheeler Peak Wilderness, Carson National Forest, Pike & San Isabel National Forests,

and the Rio Grande National Forest ~

SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ~ La Garita Mts., La Garita Caldera, La Plata Mts., Needle Mts., Tusas Mts.,

Wilderness Areas: La Garita, Lizard Head, Mt. Sneffles, Southern San Juan, Wncompahgre, Weminuche,

National Forests: San Juan, Carson, Gunnison, Rio Grande, & the Uncompahgre ~

Sleeping Ute Mountain Link to: UTE MOUNTAIN UTE ~

~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~ 4 CORNERS SW USA ~ SAN JUAN MTS CO/NM

MOUNTAINS/MESAS/PLATEAUS/WILDERNESS

Rocky Mountains – Text – Photos – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountains

Rocky Mountains – Backbone of North America –

http://www.panda.org/about_our_earth/teacher_resources/best_place_species/current_top_10/rocky_mountains.cfm

Rocky Mountains MAP – Text – Statistics – Photos – Links to Peaks & Mountains – Peakbagger Site -

http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=14

Rocky Mountain Geology – Text – Links – Mountain Nature Site –

http://www.mountainnature.com/geology/

Four Sacred Mountains, Four Cardinal Directions – Text – Photos – Lapahie Site –

http://lapahie.com/Sacred_Mts.cfm

~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

ABAJO MOUNTAINS

SE UTAH - West of Monticello & US 191

La Sal & Abajo Mountains – Text – Utah Forests Site –

http://www.utahforests.org/abajos.html

Abajo Mountains – Text – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abajo_Mountains

Abajo Mountains – Text - Photos – Peak Bagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13427

Abajo Mountains Fall 2000, Photos – Tarol Site –

http://www.tarol.com/abajo.html

Abajo Peak – Climbing Information – Summit Post Site –

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/153601/abajo-peak.html

Abajo Mountains – Panoramic Aerial Images – Scroll to: by Dr. William A. Bowen – CSU –

http://130.166.124.2/utah_panorama_atlas/page21/page21.html

Link to: Manti La Sal National Forest

~ ABAJO MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

BLACK MESA AZ

Located on the Hopi & Navajo Reservations in northeast Arizona

“Dzil Yjiin” Navajo meaning Mountain Which appears Black

Also the Spanish name, “Mesa de las Vacas”

Black Mesa – Information – Lapahie Site –

http://www.lapahie.com/Black_Mesa_info.cfm

Black Mesa, History & Today – CP-LUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/black_mesa.htm

Black Mesa – Text – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Mesa,_Arizona

On Black Mesa life on the Rez comes into Focus – Article – MAP – by Richard Nilsen – AZ Central Site –

http://www.azcentral.com/travel/arizona/features/articles/archive/blackmesa.html

Short History of Big Mountain – Black Mesa – History – Links – AICS Site –

http://www.aics.org/BM/bm.htm

~ BLACK MESA AZ ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

BLACK MESA NM

Just south of Espanola NM on US 84

Black Mesa NM Photo – Near San Ildefonso Pueblo NM – Flickr Site -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/byrdiegyrl/33015617/

Mary Saxton Griffin – Fine Art Photographer – Photos of Chimayo & Black Mesa –

http://www.zianet.com/msaxton/NM/chimayo/

Black Mesa Photo, near San Ildefonso Pubelo – Wikimedia Site -

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Black_Mesa,_New_Mexico.jpg

~ BLACK MESA NM ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

CARRIZO MOUNTAINS

NEW MEXICO

Just slightly Southwest of the 4 corners Monument, West of Shiprock NM

Carrizo Mountains – Statistics – Links - Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrizo_Mountains

View SW of Carrizo Mountains – Photo – Confluence Site –

http://www.confluence.org/photo.php?visitid=4358&pic=3

“Driving the Herd to Summer Pasture in the Carrizo Mountains south of Teec Nos Pos AZ”

Indian Weaving Site –

http://www.indianweaving.com/herd.html

~ CARRIZO MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

“From Summer Pasture to Winter Corrals – Carrizo Mountains” – Photos – Indian Weaving Site –

http://www.indianweaving.com/navajos_migration.html

Pastora Peak – Carrizo Mountains – Statistics – Peakbagger Site -

http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3924

MAP of Carrizo Mountains – NAU Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Maps/chuska.gif

Arizona State Satellite Image – Geology Site –

http://geology.com/satellite/arizona-satellite-image.shtml

Shiprock Mill – Information on mining on Carrizo Mountains – Text – MAP - Charts – DOE Site –

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/nuclear/page/umtra/shiprock_title1.html

~ CARRIZO MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

CHUSKA MOUNTAINS

ARIZONA & NEW MEXICO

Just East of Canyon de Chelly AZ, Mountain Range is in both AZ & NM

Chuska Mountains & Defiance Plateau – Text – Photos – Links – CP LUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/chuska_mtns.htm

MAP of Chuska Mountains – NAU Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Maps/chuska.gif

Chuska Mountains – Text with Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuska_mountains

Chuska Mountains - Leroy Jackson Navajo Environmentalist – Text

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/11/02/18548575.php

Chief Manuelito history – Scroll to 1860 ambush in the Chuska Mountains – Wikipedia Site -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuelito

Timbers used at Chaco Canyon Great Houses – Possibly from the Chuska & San Mateo Mountains – USGS Site –

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=444

Defiance Plateau, Chuska Mountain & Canyon de Chelly – Historical Geology – Durango Bill’s Site –

http://www.durangobill.com/PaleoAppendPart8.html

~ CHUSKA MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

DARK CANYON PRIMITIVE AREA

West of the Abajo Mountains in Southeast UTAH, near Lake Powell, just

east of the Cataract Canyon, Colorado River & North of the Natural Bridges

Dark Canyon Primitive Area – Text – Link to MAP – Go UT Site –

http://www.go-utah.com/dark-canyon

Dark Canyon Primitive Area – Text – MAP – American SW Site -

http://www.americansouthwest.net/utah/dark-canyon/index.html

Dark Canyon Wilderness – Text – Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance Site –

http://www.suwa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=WATE_darkcn

Dark Canyon – Hiking Photos via Woodenshoe Canyon – Stmorky Site –

http://www.stmoroky.com/recreate/canyon/woodshoe.htm

Dark Canyon via Sundance Trail – Hiking Photos – Stmoroky Site –

http://www.stmoroky.com/recreate/canyon/sundance.htm

Dark Canyon – Text – Links – Excerpts from “Utah’s Favorite Hiking Trails” by David Day –

Utah Trails Site –

http://www.utahtrails.com/Backcountry%20pages/Dark.html

Link to: Manti La Sal National Forest

~ DARK CANYON PRIMITIVE AREA ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

DEFIANCE PLATEAU

Runs from west of Lukachkai AZ to just North of Ft. Defiance AZ

Defiance Plateau – Statistics – Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13444

Chuska Mountains & Defiance Plateau, Navajo Nation – Essay by Patrick Pynes – CP LUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/chuska_mtns.htm

Defiance Plateau – MAP – CP LUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Maps/chuska.gif

Canyon de Chelly is a Gorge cut through the Defiance Plateau – Desert USA Site –

http://www.desertusa.com/ind1/du_cdcmap.html

Defiance Plateau, Chuska Mountain & Canyon de Chelly – Historical Geology – Durango Bill’s Site –

http://www.durangobill.com/PaleoAppendPart8.html

Overlook of Defiance Plateau – Photo by Stephen Strom –

http://www.stephenstrom.com/Secrets/DefiancePlateau.html

Defiance Plateau – Panoramic Aerial View – Dr. William A. Bowen – Geogdata Site -

http://geogdata.csun.edu/az_panorama_atlas/page1/files/page1-1017-full.html

~ DEFIANCE PLATEAU ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

HOPI BUTTES

North of Holbrook AZ – West of Dilkon AZ – South of Keams Canyon

Hopi Buttes – Text – MAP – Photos – USGS Site –

http://esp.cr.usgs.gov/hopibuttes/

Hopi Buttes – Text – Images – Otago University NZ Site –

http://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/people/white/hopibuttes.html

Hopi Buttes – Panorama – Dr. William A. Bowen – Geogdata Site -

http://geogdata.csun.edu/az_panorama_atlas/page10/files/page10-1017-full.jpg

Coliseum Maar of the Hopi Buttes – Text – Photos –

http://library.thinkquest.org/C0112681/Eng/Normal/Volcanoes_World/north_america/arizona/coliseum_maar.html

~ HOPI BUTTES ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

HOPI MESAS Link to: HOPI TRIBE

LA SAL MOUNTAINS

East of Moab UT – The Mountains are in Southeast Utah & Montrose County Colorado -

La Sal Mountains – Go UT Site –

http://www.go-utah.com/La-Sal-Mountains

La Sal Mountains – History by Robert S. McPherson – Links to Photo – On Line UT Site –

http://www.onlineutah.com/lasalmountainshistory.shtml

La Sal Mountains – Statistics – Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13422

La Sal & Abajo Mountains – Utah Forests Site –

http://www.utahforests.org/abajos.html nJuan/H191A/r?=34E

La Sal Mountains – Photos, Text & Links – Land Use – CP LUHNA Site –

http://cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/lasalmts.htm

La Sal Range – Text – Photos – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Sal_Range

La Sal Mountain Route – Scenic Byway 128 & Mountain Loop – Moab Adventure Site –

http://www.moabadventurecenter.com/sightseeing/lasalloop.php

Manti La Sal Avalanche Center –

http://www.avalanche.org/~uac/newadvisory/advisoryMoab.php

La Sal Mountain Nordic Skiing & Hunt Rentals – Tagalong Site –

http://www.tagalong.com/index.php?page=snow

Link to: Manti La Sal National Forest Link to: Abajo Mountains

~ LA SAL MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

LUKACHUKAI MOUNTAINS

of the Chuska Mountain Range, Arizona

Narrow curving bridge between the Carrizo-Chuska Mountains North of Canyon de Chelly AZ

Navajo meaning “Where reeds grow white by the mountain”

Photos of Lukachukai Pass – “Great Trip”

http://www.angelfire.com/nm2/photos/LukachukaiPass

Lukachukai Mountains High Point, Arizona – Statistics – Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3928

Lukachukai Mountains in the Chuska Mountain Range – MAP – CP-LUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Maps/chuska.gif

Lukachukai Mountain Trail – MAP – Trek Now Site –

http://www.treknow.com/arizona/backroads/northeast/lukachukai_mountains_trail.htm

Dog & Sheep in Lukachukai Mountains – Photos by Dave Wyman –

http://www.pbase.com/davewyman/image/36380151

Lukachukai Mountains – Scenic Landscapes – Text –

http://www.angelfire.com/rock3/countryboy79/landscapes/summer_place.html

Mine & dirt road in the Lukachukai Mountains – Photo – 1952-2955 – NAU Site –

http://www6.nau.edu/library/scadb/imagedisplay.cfm?item_num=67349&type=Image

Dirt road switchbacks in the Lukachuka Mountains – Photo – 1952-1955 – NAU Site -

http://www6.nau.edu/library/scadb/imagedisplay.cfm?item_num=67320&type=Image

Livestock watering pool in the Lukachukai Mountains – Photo – E. Reesman Flyer –

http://swcenter.fortlewis.edu/images/P048/P0483198Page.htm

~ LUKACHUKAI MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

NAVAJO MOUNTAIN

“Toko’navi”

Navajo meaning - Naatsis’aan – “Head of the Earth Woman

NW Navajo Reservation, just south of Rainbow Bridge, UTAH

Navajo Mountain – Photos – Text – Lapahie Site -

http://www.lapahie.com/Navajo_Mountain.cfm

Photo of Navajo Mountain as seen from Lake Powell – Lapahie Site –

http://www.lapahie.com/TurqMt_LakePowell.cfm

Navajo Mountain – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo_Mountain

Navajo Mountain – Description – Photo – Hanksville Site –

http://www.hanksville.org/voyage/geology/navmtn.html

Navajo Mountain – Image – NASA Site –

http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/EarthObservatory/Navajo_Mountain,_Utah.htm

Navajo Mountain – MAP Image - Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=3915

Navajo Mountain History – Article – K. C. Benedict -

http://www.media.utah.edu/UHE/n/NAVAJOMOUNTAIN.html

History of Navajo Mountain – Online UT Site -

http://www.onlineutah.com/navajomountainhistory.shtml

View of Navajo Mountain with a car – 1927 Photo – NAU Site –

http://www6.nau.edu/library/scadb/imagedisplay.cfm?item_num=1159&type=Image

~ NAVAJO MOUNTAIN ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS

Southern Coconino County AZ – North of Flagstaff AZ

San Francisco Mountains – Many Links – SF Peaks Site –

http://24.121.15.116/

San Francisco Mountains – Statistics – Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13455

San Francisco Peak – Text with Photos – Lapahie Site –

http://www.lapahie.com/San_Francisco_Peak.cfm s/sfpeaks.html

San Francisco Peaks – Text – Photos – Links – CP LUHNA Site –

http://www.cpluhna.nau.edu/Places/san_francisco_peaks.htm

San Francisco Peaks – Text – Photos – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Peaks

Activities within the San Francisco Scenic Road – Wildernet Site –

http://areas.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=BWY11292&CU_ID=1 260104P.jpg

Photos – Geology by Light Plane Site – Scroll to San Francisco Mountains

http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~maher/air/air04.htm

San Francisco Mountains – NASA Image – Earth Observatory Site –

http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Newsroom/NewImages/images.php3?img_id=10874

~ SAN FRANCISCO MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

SAN MATEO MOUNTAINS

Northeast of Grants, Cibola County NEW MEXICO

North San Mateo Mountains & Mt. Taylor – Statistics – Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13464

San Mateo Mountains – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Mateo_Mountains_(Cibola_County,_New_Mexico)

San Mateo Mountains – Cibola National Forest NM – Timbers used at Chaco Canyon Great Houses –

Possibly from the Chuska & San Mateo Mountains – USGS Site –

http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=444

Mt. Taylor of the San Mateo Mountains – Navajo “Sacred Mountain of the South” –

Lapahie Site –

http://www.lapahie.com/Mount_Taylor.cfm

Mt. Taylor – Text – Photo – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Taylor_(New_Mexico)

Mt. Talyor NM – Text – MAPS - Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/peak.aspx?pid=4000

Turquoise Mountain – Text – Photos -

http://thssite.tripod.com/shel1/turq.html

Mt. Taylor Winter Quadrathion –

http://www.mttaylorquad.org/

Link to: Cibola National Forest

~ SAN MATEO MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

ZUNI MOUNTAINS

Located in the Cibola National Forest South of US I-40, between Gallup &

Grants NM - SE of Gallup NM – 70 miles long, 30 miles wide

Zuni Mountains – Text – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zuni_Mountains

Zuni Mountains – Statistics – Peakbagger Site –

http://www.peakbagger.com/range.aspx?rid=13463

Looking NE toward Zuni Mountains – Historic Photo by J.D. Guthrie – FS Site -

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/about/history/cib/pages/cib003_jpg.htm

The Zuni Mountains of New Mexico – Acoma-Zuni Site -

http://www.acomazuni.com/zunimtn.cfm

The Zuni Mountains – “The once & future mountains” - Geology – Text –

Rock Talk by Larry Larason - FourCornersSW Site -

http://www.fourcornerssw.com/mountains.html

Zuni Mountain Photo – Web Shots Site -

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2520185070051262496poriap

Zuni Mountain Snow Scene Photo by P. Gilman -

http://www.srh.weather.gov/abq/officeinfo/photo_album/PicOWeek/Snow/slides/Zuni%20Mountains%20Mar%2012%202006.html

El Malpais in the Zuni Mountains – Text – History of Occupation – NPS Site –

http://www.nps.gov/elma/hist/hist1.htm

Link to: Cibola National Forest –

~ ZUNI MOUNTAINS ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST

South of US 40 between Gallup & Grants NM

Cibola National Forest – “Mt. Taylor Ranger District is comprised of two mountain

Ranges, Mt. Taylor & the Zuni Mountains” – US FS Site –

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/cibola/about/related.shtml

Cibola National Forest, Mt. Taylor Ranger District -

http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/cibola/districts/mttaylor.shtml

Cibola National Forest – Information – Links – Wildernet Site –

http://www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=0303&CU_ID=1

Cibola National Forest – Mt. Taylor Ranger District – General Information – Links – Wikipedia Site –

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cibola_National_Forest

Cibola National Forest – Images – Webshots Site -

http://outdoors.webshots.com/explore/cibola/national/forest

Cibola National Forest Campground Guide – Links – USFS Site –

http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/southwst/cib.htm

~ CIBOLA NATIONAL FOREST ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~

MANTI-LA SAL NATIONAL FOREST

La Sal Mountain Range & Abajo Mountain Range in SE UT, also

Central UT Wasatch Plateau

Manti-La-Sal National Forest – La Sal Division at Moab & Monticello, and the

Manti Division – West of the Continental Divide – US FS Site –

http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/mantilasal/

Manti La-Sal National Forest & the La-Sal Mountains – Divisions – Links – John Cletheroe Site –

http://www.johncletheroe.org/usa_can/natfors/la_sal.htm

Manti La-Sal National Forest – Text – Photos – Links – UT Travel & Adventure Site –

http://www.utah.com/nationalsites/manti_lasal.htm

Manti La-Sal National Forest – General Information – Links – ATV UT Site -

http://www.atvutah.com/southern/La_Sal.htm

Manti La Sal National Forest – Links and Information – Moab Adventure Center Site –

http://www.moabadventurecenter.com/sightseeing/forests.php

Moab Area Hiking Trails – Text – Links – MAP - Discover Moab Site -

http://www.discovermoab.com/hiking.htm

Manti La-Sal National Forest – Campground Guide – Links – Forest Camping Site –

http://www.forestcamping.com/dow/intermtn/mantinfo.htm

La Sal Mountain Nordic Skiing & Hut Rentals - Tagalong Site –

http://www.tagalong.com/index.php?page=snow

~ MANTI LA-SAL NATIONAL FOREST ~ MOUNTAINS/WILDERNESS ~