Show i-f i t j A A i r PIKES PIKES PEAK NOT THE HIGHEST What is the highest mountain in in Colorado U Pikes ikes Peak eak V tl nineteen persons out of twenty 4 will l will a answer and incorrectly The V t twentieth may know kno- that th the highest mountains in th the State StateMount V rj ilare aro Mount Massive e and Mount c r EI bert both in Lake Count County in ill x lithe the Leadville district The alti alti- i of each of of these mountains according ing to td the United United States Z Geological logiC Survey ur r is 14 ree feet t. t f rj I r. r rJ i t r. r 1 1 t lq above sea level The height of Pikes Peak is feet Moreover More More- Moreover over there are fifty sixt or or- sixty other peaks in Colorado approximately approximately as high high over over feet The rhe lowest point in Colorado is feet above sea level Of or oraU all aU the States Colorado has the highest ugliest average altitude estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated by the tho Geological Survey at nt feet Although not the highest mountain Pikes Peak is probably ly y the known best-known peak in the United States There v was as at atone atone atone one time a V Weather cather Bureau station station station sta sta- tion on its summit and it now has ms a substantial railway station at the terminus of the tho highest railway line in North America It tt can also be reached b by an excellent excellent excellent ex ex- wagon road and trail which connect the summit with Colorado Springs |