Ptarmigan Mountain
Visible from US 14-16-20 on the southwestern edge of Wapiti Valley west of Cody, Wyoming, Ptarmigan Mountain rises to a height of 12,024 ft (3,665 m). Geologically, It consists of stacked lava flows, flow breccias and debris flows that are part of the Absaroka Volcanics Supergroup. This group of igneous rocks are the remnant of a volcanic field that was active in the Eocene between 53 and 43 million years ago. Ptarmigan is one of the peaks in the Absaroka Range in northwest Wyoming and southcentral Montana.
Ptarmigan Mountain
Visible from US 14-16-20 on the southwestern edge of Wapiti Valley west of Cody, Wyoming, Ptarmigan Mountain rises to a height of 12,024 ft (3,665 m). Geologically, It consists of stacked lava flows, flow breccias and debris flows that are part of the Absaroka Volcanics Supergroup. This group of igneous rocks are the remnant of a volcanic field that was active in the Eocene between 53 and 43 million years ago. Ptarmigan is one of the peaks in the Absaroka Range in northwest Wyoming and southcentral Montana.