Elkhorn Peak summit cairn

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Now that is what you can call a big cairn. At least 8-9 feet tall (close to three meters) Mountaingazelle provided this information:
"The eight foot summit cairn was built in 1878 by Henry Gannett and Allen D. Wilson and still stands today"

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lcarreau

A cairn as Photo of the Day ???

Voted 10/10

Great cairn, Dean!

Posted Jul 14, 2009 12:39 am


	Dean	Re: A cairn as Photo of the Day ???
	Hasn't voted	Thanks Larry, I sure didn't expect this one to be POTD. Melinda has a similar (and better pic of it) posted on her Elkhorn Peak page.
		Posted Jul 14, 2009 10:32 pm

yatsek

Cairn?

Voted 10/10

I'd call it a fossilized haystack. :-)

Posted Jul 14, 2009 4:09 am

Moonhiker

Difficult....

Hasn't voted

to say how big it is. There is no any object to compare.
No scale.

Posted Jul 14, 2009 5:12 am


	Dean	Re: Difficult....
	Hasn't voted	It is over my head by two and a half feet so I'd call it about 8-9 feet high. Thanks for pointing out the scale aspect. (I never suspected that this would be chosen POTD) ; )
		Posted Jul 14, 2009 6:44 am

BigRob

Cairn Envy

Voted 10/10

That's what you get when yours is so much bigger than average.

Posted Jul 14, 2009 3:12 pm


	lcarreau	Re: Cairn Envy
	Voted 10/10	Yes, and some folks have a fascination for big.
		Posted Jul 14, 2009 6:57 pm


	Dean	Re: Cairn Envy
	Hasn't voted	I should re title it to "Big summit cairn" Just plain "summit cairn" doesn't do it justice.
		Posted Jul 14, 2009 10:33 pm