Pikes peak

PIKES PEAK

How was Pikes Peak Formed?By a dome of molten rock being pushed up from a batholith.

First stage of the Rocky Mountains were the Ancestrial Mountains, caused by seafloor spreading.

Over millions of years of erosion we see pikes peak as it is today.

300 million years of glacier erosion shaped Pikes Peak. Frost wedging was the most expedited way of features being carved.

Pikes Peak pink coloring comes from the potassium feldpar

Google earth images of the features of Pikes Peak