Nokhu Crags

Nokhu Crags is a 12,490-foot peak and rock formation in northern Colorado’s Never Summer Mountains, near Cameron Pass, the Continental Divide, and the headwaters of the Michigan River. Named from the Arapaho Neaha-no-xhu, meaning “Eagles Nest,” it has also been called Sawtooth Mountain, the Crags, and Sleeping Indian. Its striking fin-like walls were shaped by sedimentation, uplift, volcanic magma that hardened into granitic bodies, metamorphism into hornfels, and later erosion and glaciation. Bare and treeless, the mountain supports little vegetation but is home to pika, mountain goats, and bats. Frequent winter avalanches underscore the hazards of this highly visible regional landmark.

Colorado · United States