POTD February 25, 2014: La Sal Mountains, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah

La Sal Mountains, Grand and San Juan Counties, Utah
Photographer: Mark Milligan; ©2011

Mount Tukuhnikivatz, a prominent peak in the La Sal Mountains, is an erosional remnant of magma that rose from depth (but never reached the surface) about 28 million years ago, forcing through and pushing up the area’s layered sedimentary rocks. View from the U.S. Forest Service Warner Lake guard station.