Subdivisions. The Ordovician is the second period of the Paleozoic era. The Ordovician began after the end of a series of extinction events known as the Ordovician-Silurian extinction events which ended around 488 mya.
As a state highpointer, Humphrey's Peak in Arizona was on my bucket list. The trailhead was easy to find. The trail itself was not well maintained and rather rocky, which wasn't too bad going up, but required a lot of caution descending to protect your knees.
Mount Democrat is Colorado's 29th highest peak and is one of the easiest of the state's Fourteeners to climb. The 14,155-foot-high mountain rises just east of the Continental Divide at the northern end of the Mosquito Range.