Wet Mountains
The Wet Mountains are the easternmost range of the Rockies south of Canon City. Their crest has a distinct northwest-southeast trend, with the north end offset about 25 miles westward from the south end of the Front Range. The Canon City Embayment lies at the junction between the ranges.
Though smaller and lower than the Front Range, the Wet Mountains include many pleasant and easily accessible recreation areas and a number of attractive streams and reservoirs. Greenhorn Peak, the summit of the range, is 12,334 feet high. It is formed of Precambrian [granite], as is most of the crest of the range.
The structure of the eastern side of the Wet Mountains is similar to that of the Front Range, except that there are more [faults] in the sedimentary layers. The southern end plunges southeastward into the plains. On the western side, westward-dipping sediments are completely submerged in Cenozoic [lava] flows and debris from the mountains. Ore minerals very like those of the Front Range occur near Silver Cliff, but they have so far proved to be of little economic importance.