  When designing an experimental setup for measuring the flux of cosmic ray
muons through a geological structure, it is crucial to make detailed estimates
about the expected muon flux attenuation by the structure studied. In this way,
the coverage area of the detectors, the data acquisition system and the time
length of data taking can be planned accordingly to the aimed accuracy of the
measurements. We present here a computational study of the cosmic muon flux at
the location of Monserrate Hill in Bogota, Colombia, using the CORSIKA cosmic
ray simulator. We use ArcGIS package to estimate the mean depth muons have to
travel through the mountain to reach the detector. We consider two different
uniform densities of rock for the mountain to make estimates of the muon flux.
Through the interpolation of stopping power available data, one can then
determine the attenuation as a function of the muon incident energy. Our final
result provides an estimation for the muon flux attenuation as a function of
the location of the mountain where the muons pass through. We also supply
estimated values for the time needed to reach an accuracy of about 3$\%$ in the
measurement of the muon flux through Monserrate Hill. Our strategy can be
easily adapted for muon flux studies at any other location in the world.
