Mount Lamborn facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Mount Lamborn
View of Mount Lamborn (left) and Landsend Peak (right) from Lamborn Mesa, near Paonia, Colorado
Highest point
Elevation	11,402 ft (3,475 m)
Prominence	1,616 ft (493 m)
Isolation	2.39 mi (3.85 km)
Listing	Colorado county high points 40th
Geography
Mount Lamborn Location in Colorado
Location	High point of Delta County, Colorado, United States
Parent range	West Elk Mountains
Topo map	USGS 7.5' topographic map Paonia, Colorado

Mount Lamborn is a mountain summit in the West Elk Mountains range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 11,402-foot (3,475 m) peak is located in Gunnison National Forest, 5.9 miles (9.5 km) southeast by south (bearing 141°) of the Town of Paonia in Delta County, Colorado, United States. The summit of Mount Lamborn is the highest point in Delta County. Together with nearby Landsend Peak to the southwest, it lies at the western edge of the West Elks, rising dramatically nearly 6,000 ft (1,800 m) above the valley of the North Fork Gunnison River to the west.

Mountain

Mount Lamborn is an eroded igneous intrusion that geologists call a laccolith.