Flat Tops Wilderness Area is the second largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado. It is 235,214 acres, with 38,870 acres in Routt National Forest and 196,344 acres in White River National Forest. It was designated a wilderness area in 1975. Trappers Lake, located in the north of the area, was the lake that inspired Arthur Carhart, a United States Forest Ser…
Flat Tops Wilderness Area is the second largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado. It is 235,214 acres, with 38,870 acres in Routt National Forest and 196,344 acres in White River National Forest. It was designated a wilderness area in 1975. Trappers Lake, located in the north of the area, was the lake that inspired Arthur Carhart, a United States Forest Service official, to plead for wilderness preservation.
Location: Garfield / Rio Blanco / Eagle counties, Colorado · United States
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