Wheeler Peak

A mountain, 4,011 m (13,161 ft) high, of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains near Taos, New Mexico. It is the highest point in the state.

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Wheeler Peak - a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains

Land of Enchantment, New Mexico, NM - a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border

Rockies, Rocky Mountains - the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divide

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I guided the car up the winding 4,ooo-foot climb that is Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive, navigating its 12 miles of hairpins and switchbacks while Elijah took in the stunning views of peaks above and Snake Valley below.

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After a section on ecology and natural and human histories of the region, she focuses first on features within the Park, among them Lehman Caves, Wheeler Peak Scenic Drive, and the gateway town of Baker.

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And you can drive most of the way up 13, 065-foot Wheeler Peak for extraterrestrial views of northeastern Nevada and Utah.

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Hiking Nevada's County High Points' trails meander through bristlecone pines, the oldest trees on the planet, to the summits Boundary Peak, Nevada's highest and Wheeler Peak in Great Basin National Park to the historic overlook of Mount Davidson above Virginia City; along alpine lakes and cliffs to Ruby Dome; past herds of pronghorn antelope to Mount Jefferson in Nye County; around the old Pony Express trail in the pursuit of Desatoya, Churchill County's high point.

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North of Taos is the Enchanted Circle, an 83-mile scenic byway, centred on Wheeler Peak, the State's highest point.

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Surrounding the town of Taos in north-central New Mexico, the 1.5 millionacre Carson NF is home to the state's highest geogTaphic protrusion, 13,161foot-high Wheeler Peak. The Carson is huge country, with more than 86,000 designated wilderness acres.

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Wheeler Peak, New Mexico's highest peak at 13,100 feet, acts as a wall when storms come into the valley," explains Bret Helenius, Taos Ski Valley's sales director.

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Caption: Left: four horsemen ride out beneath Wheeler Peak to gather cattle for branding.