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| Medicine Bow Mountains | |
|---|---|
_July_2016.jpg) Clark Peak viewed from Rocky Mountain National Park | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Clark Peak |
| Elevation | 12,951 ft (3,947 m) |
| Listing | |
| Coordinates | 40°36′23″N 105°55′48″W / 40.60639°N 105.93000°W[1] |
| Dimensions | |
| Length | 100 mi (160 km) |
| Geography | |
  Medicine Bow Mountains  Medicine Bow Mountains | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Colorado and Wyoming |
| Range coordinates | 40°49.7′N 106°4.7′W / 40.8283°N 106.0783°W |
| Parent range | Rocky Mountains |
The Medicine Bow Mountains are a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains that extend 100 miles (160 km)[2] from northern Colorado into southern Wyoming. The northern extent of this range is the sub-range the Snowy Range.[3] From the northern end of Colorado's Never Summer Mountains, the Medicine Bow mountains extend north from Cameron Pass along the border between Larimer and Jackson counties in Colorado and northward into south central Wyoming. In Wyoming, the range sits west of Laramie, in Albany and Carbon counties to the route of the Union Pacific Railroad and U.S. Interstate 80. The mountains often serve as a symbol for the city of Laramie. The range is home to Snowy Range Ski Area.[4][5]
The highest peak in the range is Clark Peak (12,960 feet (3,950 m)), located in the Rawah Wilderness along the southern end of the range in Northern Colorado. [6][7] Much of the range is located within the Medicine Bow National Forest in Wyoming. The highest peak on the Wyoming side is Medicine Bow Peak (12,013 feet (3,662 m)). The range is drained along the western flank by the Michigan and Canadian rivers, tributaries of the North Platte in North Park. On its eastern flank it is drained by the Laramie River, another tributary of the North Platte.[8] [9][10]
- ^ "CLARK". NGS Data Sheet. National Geodetic Survey, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States Department of Commerce. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Medicine Bow Mountains". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ "Snowy Range". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved November 20, 2020.
- ^ United States Forest Service, Medicine Bow Mountains
- ^ "Medicine Bow National Forest Recreation". www.visitlaramie.org.
- ^ The elevation of Clark Peak includes an adjustment of +1.628 m (+5.34 ft) from NGVD 29 to NAVD 88.
- ^ "Clark Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 19, 2014.
- ^ "The Snowy Range, Medicine Bow-Routt Nat'l Forest". Vedauwoo.
- ^ "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 7, 2012. Retrieved June 30, 2012.
- ^ "The National Forests of the United States" (PDF). ForestHistory.org. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 28, 2012. Retrieved July 30, 2012.