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Mosquito Range, Colorado

39°15′N, 106°10′W — Central Colorado — north-south range between the Arkansas and South Platte drainages

What's documented

The Mosquito Range is a mountain range of the southern Rocky Mountains in central Colorado, running roughly 50 miles north-south between the Arkansas River drainage to the west and the South Platte to the east. Its highest peak, Mount Lincoln, reaches 4,353 m. Leadville, the historic silver- and lead-mining town, sits at the range's western base; the Leadville Herald Democrat newspaper has published continuously since 1879.

Public-record imagery

The Mosquito Range looking west from South Park, Colorado.
The Mosquito Range looking west from South Park, Colorado.Wikipedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ken Lund · 2013
The Mosquito Range above South Park, Colorado — Mount Bross, Mount Lincoln, and Mount Democrat clustered together above 14,000 feet.
The Mosquito Range above South Park, Colorado — Mount Bross, Mount Lincoln, and Mount Democrat clustered together above 14,000 feet.Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ken Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · 2013
Mount Sherman and the spine of the Mosquito Range. Old silver mines tunnel through the entire massif; many were never sealed.
Mount Sherman and the spine of the Mosquito Range. Old silver mines tunnel through the entire massif; many were never sealed.Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · David Herrera from Albuquerque, NM, Bernalillo · 2009
Gemini Peak in the Mosquito Range. The high basins drain into Fairplay, where 19th-century gold panners reported odd lights on the ridgeline at dusk.
Gemini Peak in the Mosquito Range. The high basins drain into Fairplay, where 19th-century gold panners reported odd lights on the ridgeline at dusk.Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · John Sowell · 2015