Colorado

Colorado has more than 50 mountain peaks that exceed 4,000 meters above sea level.

An excerpt from the article 29 facts about Colorado

There are 54 peaks in the Colorado Rocky Mountains that are 4,300 meters or taller, known in the mountaineering jargon of the western United States as “fourteeners.”


The lowest elevation in the state is 1,011 meters above sea level and is located on the eastern border of Yuma County, where the Arikaree River flows into the state of Kansas.

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