Sheep Mountain
USA /
Colorado /
La Veta /
World
/ USA
/ Colorado
/ La Veta
World / United States / Colorado
mountain, summit
Sheep (10,635') and Little Sheep (9,679') Mountains (Little Sheep Mountain is just north of Sheep Mountain) are in a line heading northward from Mt. Mestas. Both of these mountains are composed of the same granitic stock materials as Mt. Mestas, Silver Mountain, Rough Mountain, and the Spanish Peaks. Climbing on them is climbing mostly on boulders and loose talus slopes. Even under the trees nearly everything is loose.
ARCO was drilling in this area a number of years ago, looking for natural gas. What they found was a large bubble of carbon dioxide. These days there is a pipeline running from this area down to the Permian Basin in west Texas carrying that CO2 to be pumped down injection wells to force the oil out.
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ARCO was drilling in this area a number of years ago, looking for natural gas. What they found was a large bubble of carbon dioxide. These days there is a pipeline running from this area down to the Permian Basin in west Texas carrying that CO2 to be pumped down injection wells to force the oil out.
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Coordinates: 37°40'57"N 105°11'30"W
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- Spanish Peaks 33 km
- Culebra Range 35 km
- Ute Mountain 92 km
- Sangre de Cristo Mountain Range 121 km
- Mount Rosa 125 km
- Cheyenne Mountain 126 km
- Almagre Mountain 127 km
- Mesa Larga 139 km
- Tusas Mountains 141 km
- Forbes Park 25 km
- Grandote Peaks Golf CLUB 26 km
- Fort Massachusetts 28 km
- Lathrop State Park 32 km
- Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch 37 km
- Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve 37 km
- Cuchara Valley Ski Resort 38 km
- Spanish Peaks Wilderness 39 km
- Spanish Peaks State Wildlife Area 60 km
- Culebra Range 61 km