Marble Mountain Caves Colorado

From this perspective pico asilado is very impressive and a little intimidating.

Marble mountain caves colorado. There are at least 11 caves in the marble mountain. Marble cave and the other caves of the area formed where slightly acidic groundwater slowly dissolved limestone bedrock along joints and fractures. However in 1541 three spanish monks from the coronado expedition forced the indians into slave labor to extract gold from the cave. Most of them are located in the limestone rock formation shown on the left photo above.

Ranked the 427th highest colorado peak at 13 266 ft marble mountain may not seem like it is especially notable but wait until you see this sangre de cristo range and its many unique. How i heard the story of la caverna del oro the cave of gold as a young boy growing up in denver colorado in the 1960 s and 1970 s i never could even imagine the prospects of owning a computer smart phone or. Boasting an elevation of 13 226 feet and coming in as the 427th highest peak in colorado marble mountain is a true hiker s delight with a distance of 12 miles round trip and an elevation gain of a whopping 3 400 feet. La caverna del oro the cave of gold long before the white man ever came to the united states the legend of la caverna del oro the cave of gold was passed down from generation to generation by the indians.

Lloyd parris in caves of colorado notes that marble cave has also been referred to as spanish cave la caverna del oro and marble mountain cave. So here s two lost mines near or on marble mountain in south central colorado. Finally the indians staged an uprising against the monks and two of them were killed. Caverna del oro 13 000 feet high upon marble mountain in colorado was believed by the indians to be plagued by demons.

Marble mountain is located in the sangre de cristo mountains range in southwestern colorado about 11 miles from westcliffe colorado. This dissolution produced tube like passages that.