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Medicine Bow Peak, Wyoming

12,013 feet, 3662 meters

Subpeaks	Medicine Bow Peak-West Ridge (11,920 ft/3633 m)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	41° 22' N; 106° 19' W 41.360351, -106.317597 (Dec Deg) 389793E 4579598N Zone 13 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Wyoming
County/Second Level Region	Albany (Highest Point)
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The high, flat crest of Medicine Bow Peak.

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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Rocky Mountains
Range3: Southern Rocky Mountains
Range4: Southern Wyoming Ranges
Range5: Medicine Bow Mountains
Range6: Snowy Range (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

North Platte
Platte
Missouri
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Medicine Bow National Forest (Highest Point)

Topo Map

Medicine Bow Peak 41106-C3 1:24,000

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 3233 ft/986 m
Optimistic Prominence: 3253 ft/992 m
Key Col: 8780 ft/2676 m  (20 foot contour)
Col elevation in range between 8760 and 8780 feet.
    Topo Map: Foxpark 41106-A2 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 41° 0' N; 106° 10' W
    Key Col Map Links:

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Isolation

40.73 mi/65.53 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Mount Zirkel (SSW)
Isolation distance is based on NHN and is slightly overstated.

Route #1

Scramble
Trailhead: 10,500 ft/3200 m
Vertical Gain: 1513 ft/462 m
Distance (one way): 2.65 mi/4.26 km

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