Lizard Head Wilderness

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The Lizard Head Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwest Colorado. It contains Template:Convert and is jointly managed by the Uncompahgre and San Juan National Forests. It is Template:Convert southwest of the town of Telluride and is named for a prominent rock formation that is said to look like a lizard's head. Lizard Head itself is Template:Convert and is a volcanic spire of crumbling rock. Due to the steepness of the cliffs and the poor quality of the rock for fixing ropes, only experienced mountaineers should attempt to summit the spire. Another Template:Convert of trails in this infrequently visited wilderness, are also strenuous and should be attempted by more advanced backpackers.[1][2]

The area includes three prominent fourteeners: El Diente Peak (Template:Convert), Wilson Peak (Template:Convert), and Mount Wilson (Template:Convert). The area includes the headwaters of the west fork of the Dolores River.

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Colorado with Lizard Head Wilderness in red

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