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  • 342); in Pitkin county, Grizzly Peak (13,956, Hayden); in Lake county, Elbert Peak (14,421), and Massive mountain (14,424), the highest peak in the state;...
    551 bytes (9,579 words) - 12:32, 24 May 2022
  • to the north-east, La Plata Mount, 14,126; seven miles from La Plata, Grizzly Peak, 13,786, and Mount Elbert, 14,150; and six miles from Mount Elbert, Massive...
    577 bytes (2,677 words) - 16:26, 26 July 2023
  • Mountain system. The ill-defined summit of this plateau forms the parting between the waters of the Missouri and Colorado. Eastward this plateau slopes to...
    12 KB (1,823 words) - 19:12, 24 June 2023
  • topography. The highest peaks exceed 11,000 ft. By far the greater part of the high plateau district is drained by the Colorado river and its branches...
    436 bytes (10,192 words) - 12:22, 21 January 2022
  • cirques, alpine peaks and many mountain lakes and waterfalls. Several small glaciers still remain about the base of Cloud Peak, the highest summit in the range...
    458 bytes (8,669 words) - 18:03, 16 January 2022
  • Medicine Bow Peak (12,005 feet). The western watershed of the North Platte is formed by the Sierra Madre Mountains, projecting north from Colorado. In the...
    47 KB (7,105 words) - 13:07, 6 July 2022
  • state is Wheeler Peak, near the centre of the eastern boundary, with an elevation of 13,058 ft.; the lowest points are along the Colorado river, where the...
    431 bytes (9,392 words) - 02:57, 19 February 2024
  • notable example is the mesa of Acoma, in Valencia county, capped with volcanic rocks; upon its summit, about 350 ft. above the plain, is the Indian pueblo...
    530 bytes (9,060 words) - 20:30, 14 March 2024
  • Mountains. From this peak, going north, the range declines gradually, and at the point where the Central Pacific Railroad crosses it the summit is only 7000 feet...
    100 KB (17,032 words) - 14:12, 14 October 2023
  • snows o n Diamond Peak and Maiden Peak , and i s about six miles long . Its western end i s but a few minutes walk from the summit o f the Cascade Range...
    142 KB (23,582 words) - 07:25, 3 February 2023
  • store in the community. IRELAND MOUNTAIN, Baker and Grant County. This peak, which is on the summit of the Blue Mountains, has an elevation of 8330 feet....
    108 KB (18,835 words) - 17:48, 7 May 2024
  • Shasta and Lassen Peak. CASCADE SUMMIT, Klamath County. Cascade Summit railroad station in the extreme northwest corner of the county, came into being...
    282 bytes (51,741 words) - 02:14, 24 May 2022
  • the peaks range from 13,000 ft. upward, Mount Whitney, 14,502 ft., being the highest summit of the United States, excluding Alaska. From this peak northward...
    569 bytes (21,331 words) - 20:42, 14 May 2022
  • from the peaks of the Cascade Range, and has an elevation of 6415 feet, with a Forest Service lookout at the summit, which is in Jefferson County. From its...
    281 bytes (34,543 words) - 14:36, 15 May 2022
  • here, as we have done, or the hunter climbs the rocky peaks in search of deer or a stray grizzly bear, and awakes the mountain echoes with the sharp crack...
    366 bytes (9,780 words) - 00:34, 26 February 2024
  • the older style. ANGELL PEAK, Baker and Grant counties. Angell Peak, elevation approximately 8675 feet, is situated at the summit of the Blue Mountains...
    264 bytes (15,965 words) - 14:34, 15 May 2022
  • heights of 10,000–11,000 ft., the highest peak in the state being Granite Peak (12,834 ft.) in Carbon county. Deep and narrow cañons are common, and, at...
    429 bytes (8,210 words) - 20:16, 28 June 2014
  • sleepy ocean, dances back from sea to snow-peak; then, palpitating in purple, it rises from violet-banks and grizzly hills, and mingles with the russet haze...
    266 bytes (7,959 words) - 10:04, 2 December 2021
  • reddish, but in some places of a black colour. Though on the summit of the most elevated peak, the thermometer under a bright sun, stood at 40, yet when...
    241 bytes (42,472 words) - 20:50, 1 July 2019
  • River, Carson, 493. River, Colorado, 162. River, Columbia, 162. River, Des Moines, 96. River, Fox, 19. River, Frémont's Peak, 153, 161, 164. River, Grand...
    317 bytes (11,783 words) - 03:21, 12 October 2021
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