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Low Point in Colorado

11/15/2012

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East of Wray, Colorado

Most extreme types like to brag about how many fourteeners they’ve bagged and their forays to the high point in Colorado, Mount Elbert at 14,433 feet above sea level. Whatever. Blah blah blah.

Personally, I’m more impressed by those who have ventured to the lowest point in Colorado—and the highest low point of any state in the country—where the Arikaree River drains into Kansas, about 3,315 feet above sea level.  


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Ron Michaels
5/9/2015 08:24:26 am

Did you make it to the low point? Your photo shows the Republican River crossing, not the Arikaree. I checked it out yesterday. Just curious if anyone else has been there as it was quite the trip with some orienteering & GPS use. Thanks!

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