Mount Ryder

Mount Ryder is the highest summit on Terra Alpha at 23,288ft. Mount Ryder is located in Summit County, Central Mountain Region, roughly 500 miles northeast of Riley City. It is part of the Sangre de Cristo Mountain range, and the Anderson National Forest.
A secluded part of the mountain, only accessible via hover vehicles or shuttle craft, is home to a private cemetery, where Marcus Ryder, Leo Ryder and others close to the Ryder family are interred. There is a small chapel and a number of roadside shrines set up nearby. As the Ryder family has both Roman Catholic and Jewish roots, it is equipped for all faiths burial traditions. 
Yearly there is a mountain climbing festival and competition. Near Crystal Lake, is a popular family campground and conservation training center. The trees growing at the base of the mountain were taken from seedlings and cuttings from various forests on Earth, including cryo stasis seed repositories containing seeds from extinct species of trees. Animal life is also from Earth, with a number of forest dwelling creatures and birds. Some non Terran animals have been interspersed where they would do the most good. Crystal Lake gets its name from the indigenous crystals that form at the base of Mount Ryder, purifying the lake, but also form a reflective sea bed that gives the water an almost crystal blue hue and naturally keeps invasive fungus and algae down. 
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