Angels Gate
George Wharton James applied the "Angel Gate" name to this geographical feature in his book, In & Around the Grand Canyon, in 1900. This feature's name was officially adopted in 1906 by the U.S. Board on Geographic Names. Angels Gate has four peaks composed of Coconino Sandstone. The main highest summit and three spires are known as "Snoopy and his Doghouse" for a resemblance to Snoopy, and the first ascent was made April 1972 by Chuck Graf and Dave Ganci. According to the Köppen climate classification system, Angels Gate is located in a cold semi-arid climate zone.
Geology
The summit of Angels Gate is composed of remnant, cliff-forming, Permian Coconino Sandstone. The sandstone, which is the third-youngest of the strata in the Grand Canyon, was deposited 265 million years ago as sand dunes. Below the Coconino Sandstone is slope-forming, Permian Hermit Formation, which in turn overlays the Pennsylvanian-Permian Supai Group. Further down are strata of Mississippian Redwall Limestone, Cambrian Tonto Group, and finally Proterozoic Unkar Group at creek level and Granite Gorge. Precipitation runoff from Angels Gate drains south to the Colorado River.
Gallery
Hawkins Butte
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Hawkins Butte is a 5,340-foot (1,630 m)-elevation butte attached at the southwest end of Angels Gate. It was officially named in 1932 after William "Billy" Robert Hawkins, the hunter and cook for John Wesley Powell's 1869 expedition down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. It is primarily composed of exposed cliffs of Redwall Limestone overlaying Tonto Group.
See also
References
- ^ "Angels Gate, Arizona". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ "Angels Gate". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2020-12-24.
- ^ "Angels Gate – 6,761' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ George Wharton James, In & Around the Grand Canyon, 1900, Little, Brown, and Company, page 90.
- ^ National Park Service
- ^ John Annerino, Adventuring in Arizona, 1991, Sierra Club Books, ISBN 9780871566812 page 327.
- ^ Peel, M. C.; Finlayson, B. L.; McMahon, T. A. (2007). "Updated world map of the Köppen−Geiger climate classification". Hydrol. Earth Syst. Sci. 11. ISSN 1027-5606.
- ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917, page 56.
- ^ N.H. Darton, Story of the Grand Canyon of Arizona, 1917.
- ^ "Hawkins Butte – 5,340' AZ". Lists of John. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
- ^ "Hawkins Butte". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
External links
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- Weather forecast: National Weather Service
- Angels Gate rock climbing: Mountainproject.com
- Photo of Billy Hawkins: NY Public Library
- Billy Hawkins' account of expedition: Rockhounds.com
- Angels Gate photo by Harvey Butchart