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Images Of
Spanish Peaks Scout Ranch
How about a walk around the Scout Ranch. Some of the scenes were taken during camp and
some during a recent work weekend. This page has some scenery. Then we have pictures of
the daily leaders meeting, some of the campsites, the old cabin, and
other places around the camp.
This is a picture of the East Peak taken from just below staff row at the Scout Camp.
Notice the shape of the Indian face in the shadow formed on the mountain. We love to show off "our" mountain. Cool temperatures, soft breezes, and gentle rains. It's
hard to want to leave, once you are here!
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| This rock outcropping, called a "dike" and the one on the right are used for rappelling
and climbing activities at the camp. They are actually quite huge - more
than a 100 ft high.
If you climb up toward the dike pictured on the right past the
cabins (barely see them in the lower left) that is where an aspen grove is.
Get excellent hiking staves here - just peel the bark and let dry for about six months.
You can use our branding irons on your staff. We have the OA arrow, the SPSR brand,
and a few others.
The dikes were formed when molten magma rose to create horizontal underground "Stocks". The magma
was then squeezed into vertical cracks
and joints, spreading out like spokes on a wheel. The elements wore away the softer
material, exposing the hard Basalt of the "Dikes" which vary from 1 to 100 ft.
wide and up to 14 miles long. The "Dikes" are a prominent feature at Spanish
Peaks. Nowhere else do these patterns, known as radial dikes, exist in
such variety of rock type or in as great length, height, abundance or
beauty. The Spanish Peaks "Dikes" are known to geologists world-wide.
The only other formations that approximate our dikes are found in Siberia, USSR.
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