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292:(12,361 ft) on the east side of the range. The Devil's Causeway, perhaps the most popular geologic feature and hiking experience in the Flat Tops, is located in the same area. The Causeway is a narrow neck of the plateau where eroding glaciers on either side almost met. A trail crosses the Causeway which at its narrowest is 3 to 4 feet wide with drop-offs of hundreds of feet to the valleys on either side.
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for inclusion into the national wilderness system within ten years. Following this mandate, the U.S. Forest
Service evaluated the Flat Tops primitive area and surrounding forest and in 1967 recommended 142,230 acres for wilderness designation.
380:(D-Colo.) to designate 235,230 acres as the Flat Tops Wilderness Area. The bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 369–1 on December 1, 1975, and was signed into law by President
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A proposal : Flat Tops
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530:(9th ed.). Denver, Colorado: The Colorado Mountain Club.
505:(3rd ed.). Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing.
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A Hiking and Camping Guide to the Flat Tops Wilderness Area
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681:Public Law 88-577 (Sept. 3, 1964), Sec. 3(b).
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2912:Protected areas of Eagle County, Colorado
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1504:Central City/Black Hawk Historic District
745:"Trappers Lake – 10 years after the fire"
2885:Colorado Department of Natural Resources
1667:Indian Springs Trace Fossil Natural Area
601:. Boulder, Colorado: Fred Pruett Books.
438:United States Department of the Interior
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206:and 196,344 acres (794.58 km) in
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2022:List of Colorado state wildlife areas
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2315:Mount Callahan & Logan Wash Mine
2105:Colorado Tallgrass Prairie
1732:National Register of Historic Places
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2937:Protected areas established in 1975
2065:Blue Mountain-Little Thompson Fault
429:Geographic Names Information System
1569:Mesa Verde Administrative District
1519:Cumbres and Toltec Scenic Railroad
716:Public Law 94-146 (Dec. 12, 1975).
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627:www.rockymountainhikingtrails.com
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2285:Lower Greasewood Creek
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2125:Cross Mountain Canyon
2075:Boulder Mountain Park
1514:Cripple Creek Historic District
663:, Rocky Mountain Region. 1967.
528:Guide to the Colorado Mountains
434:United States Geological Survey
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2115:Copeland Willow Carr
1851:James M. Robb - Colorado River
1486:28 National Historic Landmarks
1466:Cache la Poudre River Corridor
743:Urquhart, Janet (7 Sep 2012).
159:235,214 acres (951.88 km)
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2681:28 National Recreation Trails
2525:26 Scenic and Historic Byways
2445:South Boulder Creek
2340:North Park Phacelia
2230:High Mesa Grassland
1639:16 National Natural Landmarks
1544:Granada War Relocation Center
1494:Beaver Meadows Visitor Center
1377:3 National Conservation Areas
397:List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
2927:Wilderness areas of Colorado
2440:South Beaver Creek
2365:Park Creek Hogback
2195:Garden Park Fossil
2100:Coal Creek Tallgrass Prairie
1677:Morrison-Golden Fossil Areas
1327:Rocky Mountain National Park
1152:Black Canyon of the Gunnison
868:Camp Hale-Continental Divide
821:Black Canyon of the Gunnison
661:United States Forest Service
503:Roadside Geology of Colorado
269:. The most common trees are
220:United States Forest Service
176:United States Forest Service
2932:White River National Forest
2470:Treasurevault Mountain
2190:Fruita Paleontological
1609:Telluride Historic District
1604:Silverton Historic District
1549:Leadville Historic District
1405:8 National Wildlife Refuges
956:2 National Recreation Areas
796:Protected areas of Colorado
208:White River National Forest
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2425:Shell Duck Creek
2415:San Miguel River
1002:4 National Historic Trails
707:Retrieved August 23, 2016.
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2548:Colorado River Headwaters
2165:East Sand Dunes
2080:Brush Creek Fen
1458:3 National Heritage Areas
928:3 National Historic Sites
694:Retrieved August 23, 2016
576:10.1007/s10530-006-9075-8
551:Flat Tops Wilderness Area
353:Devils Causeway ridgeline
299:Rd 7 through the town of
192:Flat Tops Wilderness Area
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2628:South Platte River Trail
2305:Miramonte Reservoir
2225:High Creek Fen
2160:East Lost Park
2014:307 State Wildlife Areas
1144:44 National Wildernesses
1043:Continental Divide Trail
371:National Audubon Society
2110:Comanche Grassland
1712:Sulphur Cave and Spring
1657:Garden Park Fossil Area
1564:Ludlow Tent Colony Site
1534:Elitch Gardens Carousel
1035:1 National Scenic Trail
984:1 Wild and Scenic River
878:Canyons of the Ancients
222:official, to plead for
2784:Rocky Mountain Arsenal
2455:Specimen Mountain
2090:Castlewood Canyon
2045:Antero-Salt Creek
2032:96 State Natural Areas
1672:Lost Creek Scenic Area
1443:Rocky Mountain Arsenal
908:Florissant Fossil Beds
481:coloradowilderness.com
477:"Flat Tops Wilderness"
452:"Flat Tops Wilderness"
424:"Flat Tops Wilderness"
363:The Wilderness Society
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2942:Routt National Forest
2814:West Lost Trail Creek
2774:Platte River Greenway
2643:Trail of the Ancients
2638:Tracks Across Borders
2603:Pawnee Pioneer Trails
2500:Wheeler Geologic
2435:Slumgullion Earthflow
2280:Lookout Mountain
2240:Hurricane Canyon
2215:Gunnison Gravels
2200:Gateway Palisade
2175:Escalante Canyon
1856:John Martin Reservoir
1702:Slumgullion Earthflow
1599:Shenandoah-Dives Mill
1262:Maroon Bells-Snowmass
1121:2 National Grasslands
992:Cache la Poudre River
367:Defenders of Wildlife
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204:Routt National Forest
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2410:Saddle Mountain
2380:Rajadero Canyon
2275:Limestone Ridge
2265:Ken-Caryl Ranch
2085:California Park
1574:Minnequa Steel Works
846:9 National Monuments
597:Marlowe, Al (1994).
564:Biological Invasions
402:Flat Tops (Colorado)
326:Congress passed the
196:U.S. Wilderness Area
145:39.94889; -107.26611
22:Flat Tops Wilderness
2465:Tamarack Ranch
2185:Fourmile Creek
2170:Elephant Rocks
1771:Arkansas Headwaters
1619:Trujillo Homesteads
1524:Denver Civic Center
1509:Colorado Chautauqua
1385:Dominguez–Escalante
1157:Black Ridge Canyons
1053:11 National Forests
946:Sand Creek Massacre
172:Governing body
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2633:Top of the Rockies
2583:Highway of Legends
2375:Rabbit Valley
2360:Paradise Park
2325:Mount Goliath
2235:Hoosier Ridge
2220:Haviland Lake
2155:Dudley Bluffs
2070:Bonny Prairie
1831:Golden Gate Canyon
1652:Garden of the Gods
1212:Greenhorn Mountain
1076:Medicine Bow–Routt
1020:Pony Express Trail
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239:White River Uplift
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2834:6 Regional Trails
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2490:Wacker Ranch
2485:Unaweep Seep
2395:Rough Canyon
2370:Pyramid Rock
2310:Mishak Lakes
2255:Irish Canyon
2145:Droney Gulch
2095:Chalk Bluffs
2060:Blacks Gulch
2040:Aiken Canyon
1801:Cheyenne Mountain
1786:Castlewood Canyon
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623:"Devils Causeway"
512:978-0-87842-609-6
290:Flat Top Mountain
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2907:IUCN Category Ib
2867:Tabeguache Trail
2819:Wheeler Ten Mile
2769:Petroglyph Point
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2553:Dinosaur Diamond
2543:Collegiate Peaks
2505:White Rocks
2355:Pagosa Skyrocket
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2335:Needle Rock
2295:Mexican Cut
2260:Jimmy Creek
2055:Badger Wash
1931:Spinney Mountain
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1554:Lindenmeier site
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1332:Sangre de Cristo
1232:Hunter–Fryingpan
1207:Great Sand Dunes
1187:Dominguez Canyon
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2754:Mineral Belt
2608:Peak to Peak
2515:Zapata Falls
2330:Narraguinnep
2300:Mini-Wheeler
2004:State Forest
1946:State Forest
1846:Jackson Lake
1826:Fishers Peak
1796:Cherry Creek
1662:Hanging Lake
1614:Temple Aaron
1559:Lowry Pueblo
1357:Vasquez Peak
1337:Sarvis Creek
1302:Platte River
1297:Never Summer
1287:Mount Zirkel
1237:Indian Peaks
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2588:Lariat Loop
2533:Alpine Loop
2385:Raven Ridge
1986:Yampa River
1971:Sylvan Lake
1916:Rifle Falls
1861:Lake Pueblo
1816:Eleven Mile
1717:Summit Lake
1438:Rocky Flats
1433:Monte Vista
1428:Browns Park
1352:Uncompahgre
1272:Mount Evans
1252:Lizard Head
1192:Eagles Nest
1111:White River
1106:Uncompahgre
918:Yucca House
359:Sierra Club
340:White River
321:White River
233:Description
164:Established
143: /
131:107°15′58″W
119:Coordinates
2901:Categories
2794:Swamp Park
2729:Grays Peak
2714:Crag Crest
2699:Bear Creek
2573:Grand Mesa
2400:Roxborough
1941:Stagecoach
1926:Roxborough
1906:Pearl Lake
1836:Harvey Gap
1697:Sand Creek
1687:Roxborough
1682:Raton Mesa
1589:Raton Pass
1579:Pikes Peak
1476:South Park
1307:Powderhorn
1267:Mesa Verde
1257:Lost Creek
1242:James Peak
1227:Holy Cross
1167:Byers Peak
1096:San Isabel
1086:Rio Grande
1066:Grand Mesa
831:Mesa Verde
411:References
369:, and the
247:glaciation
224:wilderness
128:39°56′56″N
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87:Rio Blanco
2809:Vail Pass
2804:Two Ponds
2749:Lake Fork
1936:St. Vrain
1921:Rifle Gap
1871:Lone Mesa
1791:Chatfield
1781:Boyd Lake
1776:Barr Lake
1448:Two Ponds
1362:Weminuche
1247:La Garita
1197:Flat Tops
1091:Roosevelt
974:Curecanti
913:Hovenweep
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344:oil shale
259:mule deer
2460:Staunton
2180:Fairview
1951:Staunton
1806:Crawford
1367:West Elk
1129:Comanche
1101:San Juan
1071:Gunnison
903:Dinosaur
898:Colorado
391:See also
200:Colorado
113:Colorado
95:Colorado
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79:Location
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