| The Sharkstooth | |
| Elevation Ft: | 12630. |
| Elevation Ref: | [1] |
| Prominence Ft: | 394 |
| Prominence Ref: | [2] |
| Isolation Mi: | 0.54 |
| Parent Peak: | Taylor Peak (13,158 ft) |
| Country: | United States |
| State: | Colorado |
| Region: | Larimer |
| Region Type: | County |
| Part Type: | Protected area |
| Part: | Rocky Mountain National Park |
| Range: | Rocky Mountains Front Range[3] |
| Map: | Colorado#USA |
| Label Position: | right |
| Coordinates: | 40.2809°N -105.6745°W |
| Coordinates Ref: | [4] |
| Topo: | USGS McHenrys Peak |
| Rock: | Biotite schist and gneiss[5] [6] |
| Age: | Paleoproterozoic |
The Sharkstooth is a 12630feet mountain summit in Larimer County, Colorado, United States.[4]
The Sharkstooth is set 1,500 feet east of the Continental Divide in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. It is in the "Cathedral Spires" area,[7] and is the second-steepest point in Colorado.[1] The summit is situated within Rocky Mountain National Park, approximately 11miles southwest of Estes Park. Precipitation runoff from the mountain drains into tributaries of Glacier Creek which in turn is a tributary of the Big Thompson River. Topographic relief is significant with the summit rising 2200abbr=offNaNabbr=off above Loch Vale in one mile. The landforms's toponym has been officially adopted by the United States Board on Geographic Names.[4]
According to the Köppen climate classification system, The Sharkstooth is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[8] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.