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More than 5,000 Colorado miners—many immigrants—are estimated to have died ... to federal ownership of 24,615,788 acres (99,617 km 2) of land in Colorado, ...
Skiable area (acres) Top elevation (feet) Base elevation (feet) Vertical (feet) Runs Lifts Snowfall (in/year) Date Statistics Updated Arapahoe Basin: Dillon: 1,428 13,050 10,520 2,530 147 9 314 March 2020 [1] Aspen Highlands: Aspen: 1,040 12,392 8,040 4,352 117 5 300 March 2020 [2] Aspen Mountain: Aspen: 675 11,212 7,945 3,267 76 8 300 March ...
Vail Ski Resort is a ski resort in the western United States, located near the town of Vail in Eagle County, Colorado.At 5,289 acres (8.3 sq mi; 21.4 km 2), it is the third-largest single-mountain ski resort in the U.S., behind Big Sky and Park City, [1] featuring seven bowls and intermediate gladed terrain in Blue Sky Basin.
The largest reservoir entirely contained in Colorado is Blue Mesa Reservoir, with a capacity of 829,500 acre⋅ft (1.0 billion m 3). The total storage of the reservoirs on this list is 3,804,458 acre⋅ft (4.7 billion m 3), although not all is allocated for use by Colorado.
The borders of Colorado are now officially defined by 697 boundary markers connected by straight boundary lines. [3] Colorado, Wyoming, and Utah are the only states that have their borders defined solely by straight boundary lines with no natural features. [4] The southwest corner of Colorado is the Four Corners Monument at 36°59'56"N, 109°2 ...
Breckenridge Ski Resort is an alpine ski resort in the western United States, in Breckenridge, Colorado.Recognized for acres of skiable terrain across five mountain peaks, it welcomes thousands of skiers and snowboarders each season.
With multiple record-breaking fires, the 2020 Colorado wildfire season became the largest in the state's history after burning 665,454 acres (269,300 ha). [7] According to CSU, wildfires in Colorado burned less than 100,000 acres (40,469 ha) per decade over the 1960s and the 1970s.
Telluride Ski Resort is a ski resort located in Mountain Village, southwest Colorado, United States.. The resort is located in the northwestern San Juan Mountains, part of the Rocky Mountains, and is home to the highest concentration of 13,000- and 14,000-foot peaks in North America. [2]