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ST Travel Poll -- What is the highest elevation you've been (on the ground, not in flight)?

Posted by znufrii May 30 '13, 08:24

11,018 feet above sea level. Red Mountain Pass on the Million Dollar Highway.

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Not travel, but living -- Vail Mountain 11,570 feet (3,527 m) -- nm - OAE -- aka OAE May 30, 09:04
top of loveland ski resort, which is a little over 12k i believe. -- nm - tRuMaN May 30, 08:57
I believe Mt. Whitney - 14,500 ft. We spend a lot of time around 6,000 - 7,000 ft most summers. -- nm - Meg May 30, 08:51
I'm not sure. Mt Washington (Canadian one), Whistler ... the Rockies ... Las Vegas ...yeah, I have no idea. - Beryllium May 30, 08:50 1
- If I went to the peak of whistler, which I don't think I did, it would win. As it stands, I don't know the height that I did go to. -- nm - Beryllium May 30, 08:59
The 8th Station of Mt. Fuji which is slightly under 10000 feet. (3020 metres) -- nm - Diva May 30, 08:46 1
- or maybe somewhere in Colorado - not sure. -- nm - Diva May 30, 08:51
14,115 -- Pike's Peak summit in Colorado. - Will Hunting May 30, 08:43 2
- This -- nm - Strongbad May 30, 09:01 1
  - Well, I'm taller, so nyeh! - Will Hunting May 30, 09:03
About 10,000 feet in Leadville, CO. -- nm - Kim Pine May 30, 08:42
Likely CN Tower or ESB, which ever is taller. -- nm - Shaun May 30, 08:41
Someplace in Colorado - probably around 10K ft -- nm - decline May 30, 08:38
without googling anything for comparison, i have to assume it was when i was in the Alps at 18. -- nm - Andie May 30, 08:38
I went to Denver in 1993 to see the Pope. So, a mile high. :-) - Krusty May 30, 08:38 2
- Did you join the club? -- nm - Mop (190 lbs) May 30, 08:56 1
  - No. :-( I was a teenager on a catholic retreat to meet the Pope. - Krusty May 30, 09:08
Probably something like the Great Wall of China. -- (link) - LMS May 30, 08:38 1
- or the bridge I linked. -- nm - LMS May 30, 08:39
12,005 at whichever peak is near Estes Park. I definitely felt it when trying to walk up a slope to my car. -- nm - Max May 30, 08:35
Some mountains out west as a baby with family, but otherwise not sure. Nothing that high. -- nm - Don Homer May 30, 08:34
probably Mt Washington it is in NH IIRC (my wife and her parents came down it without brakes) - Beaker May 30, 08:33 4
- Jesus -- nm - con_carne May 30, 08:37 1
  - Take The Wheel -- nm - Carrie Underwood May 30, 08:49
- Yankee Magazine did an article on them but I have never been able to find a copy online -- nm - Beaker May 30, 08:34 1
  - About when was the article published, do you know? -- nm - mara May 30, 08:57
9,000 and change, I guess. While camping in the Sierra -- nm - con_carne May 30, 08:31
observation deck of the CN Tower and up a mountain trail west of Banff (don't know the elev. of either) -- nm - zork May 30, 08:29 1
- or Mt. Ste. Anne near Quebec City -- nm - zork May 30, 08:53
Top of Half Dome (8,835 ft) -- nm - amoxy May 30, 08:29

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