avens, the arctic harebell, the marsh-marigold, 

 the stonecrop, and the forget-me-not. One sum- 

 mer I found a few flowers on the summit. 



Isolation probably rendered the summit of 

 this peak less favorable for snow-accumulation 

 during the Ice Age than the summits of un- 

 isolated peaks of equal altitude. During the last 

 ice epoch, however, it carried glaciers, and some 

 of these extended down the slopes three miles 

 or farther. These degraded the upper slopes, 

 moved this excavated material toward the bot- 

 tom, and spread it in a number of places. There 

 are five distinct cuplike hollows or depressions 

 in this peak that were gouged by glaciers. The 

 one lying between Cameron's Cone and the sum- 

 mit is known as the " Crater." A part of this is 

 readily seen from Colorado Springs. Far up the 

 slopes are Lake Moraine and Seven Lakes, all of 

 glacial origin. 



The mountain mass which culminates in 

 Pike's Peak probably originated as a vast up- 

 lift. Internal forces appear to have severed this 

 mass from its surroundings and slowly upraised 

 it seven thousand or more feet. The slow up- 



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