How Well Do You Know Colorado? – Mike & Laura Travel Quiz

How Well Do You Know Colorado?

Test your knowledge!

1. What is the elevation of Denver’s official elevation marker at the State Capitol?

5,279 feet
5,280 feet
5,281 feet
5,285 feet

2. Which Colorado fourteener has the most technical climbing routes?

Mount Elbert
Longs Peak
Mount of the Holy Cross
Capitol Peak

3. What year was the last silver boom in Leadville?

1878
1879
1880
1881

4. Which Colorado town holds the record for the lowest recorded temperature in the state?

Maybell
Antero Reservoir
Taylor Park
Strawberry Tunnel

5. How many official wilderness areas are designated in Colorado?

41
42
43
44

6. Which Colorado river is the only one that flows into the Gulf of Mexico?

Arkansas River
South Platte River
Republican River
Rio Grande

7. What is the name of the geological formation that created the Flatirons near Boulder?

Dakota Sandstone
Fountain Formation
Morrison Formation
Pierre Shale

8. Which Colorado ghost town was once larger than Denver?

Leadville
Central City
Cripple Creek
Creede

9. What is the approximate number of fourteeners (peaks over 14,000 feet) in Colorado?

52
54
58
64

10. Which Colorado ski area has the highest base elevation?

Arapahoe Basin
Loveland Ski Area
Silverton Mountain
Wolf Creek
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