Saddle Mountain (Delta County, Colorado)

Saddle Mountain is a large, conical mountain located on the western side of the West Elk Mountains southeast of Crawford, Colorado. Topped off by North and South Saddle peaks, Saddle Mountain's highest point, South Saddle Peak, has an elevation of 10005 ft with over 3000 ft of vertical relief above the valley below. Although it has the classic shape of an extinct volcano, Saddle Mountain is an exposed igneous intrusion that geologists call a laccolith.