Light on Ptarmigan
The sun sets on Ptarmigan Mountain, a 12,024 ft (3,665 m) peak on southwest of Wapiti Wyming. 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.
Light on Ptarmigan
The sun sets on Ptarmigan Mountain, a 12,024 ft (3,665 m) peak on southwest of Wapiti Wyming. 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.