Garden of the Gods Climber

by Catherine Sherman

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Garden of the Gods Climber

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Catherine Sherman

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"Garden of the Gods Climber" by Catherine Sherman.

A climber wearing a helmet is scaling a steep, orange rock face in Garden of the Gods under a blue sky. Dynamic lines and formations of the sandstone rocks provide a challenging terrain for the climber.

The Garden of the Gods Park in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is popular for hiking, technical rock climbing, road and mountain biking and horseback riding, attracting more than two million visitors a year. The park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971.

The outstanding geologic features of the park, including Steamboat Rock, the Three Graces, and Balanced Rock, are the ancient sedimentary beds of deep-red, pink and white sandstones, conglomerates and limestone that were deposited horizontally, but have now been tilted vertically and faulted into "fins" by the immense mountain building forces caused by the uplift of the Rocky Mountains and the Pikes Peak massif. The following Pleistocene Ice Age resulted in erosion and glaciation of the rock, creating the present rock formations. Evidence of past ages can be read in the rocks: ancient seas, eroded remains of ancestral mountain ranges, alluvial fans, sandy beaches and great sand dune fields.

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March 27th, 2024

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