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Pagoda Mountain is a 13,497-foot peak in Colorado’s Front Range within Rocky Mountain National Park, about a mile east of the Continental Divide and the fifth-highest summit in Boulder County. Officially named in 1911 for the summit’s pagoda-like appearance, it stands out for its steep rise, climbing nearly 1,940 feet above Green Lake in only half a mile. Its watersheds split between two drainage systems: the south slope reaches North St. Vrain Creek through Hunters Creek, while the north slope drains to Glacier Creek, a tributary of the Big Thompson River. The mountain’s high elevation gives it an alpine subarctic climate with snowy winters, cool to warm summers, and year-round precipitation.
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