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Maroon Lake and the Maroon Bells, Colorado, USA
Maroon mountain majesties
Gaze across Colorado's Maroon Lake at the peaks of the Maroon Bells rising in the distance. The two mountains known as the Maroon Bells – Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak – are "fourteeners", members of a group of mountains that are higher than 4,257 metres. But climbers should note: The US Forest Service calls the Maroon Bells the "Deadly Bells". Unlike other mountains in the Rockies, which are granite and limestone, both Maroon peaks are hardened mudstone. It's less stable and can fracture easily, causing hazardous situations when the loose rock slips off. And it's that mudstone's maroon hue that inspired the mountains' colourful names. Located roughly 19 kilometres from Aspen in Colorado, USA, the Maroon Bells are located within the wider Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness.
Maroon mountain majesties
Gaze across Colorado's Maroon Lake at the peaks of the Maroon Bells rising in the distance. The two mountains known as the Maroon Bells – Maroon Peak and North Maroon Peak – are "fourteeners", members of a group of mountains that are higher than 4,257 metres. But climbers should note: The US Forest Service calls the Maroon Bells the "Deadly Bells". Unlike other mountains in the Rockies, which are granite and limestone, both Maroon peaks are hardened mudstone. It's less stable and can fracture easily, causing hazardous situations when the loose rock slips off. And it's that mudstone's maroon hue that inspired the mountains' colourful names. Located roughly 19 kilometres from Aspen in Colorado, USA, the Maroon Bells are located within the wider Maroon Bells–Snowmass Wilderness.
We're just 19 kilometres from one of the most cosmopolitan mountain towns in the West.
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