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Flat Tops Wilderness Area

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Flat Tops Wilderness of Colorado adventure by Horse Back 2017

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The Flattops Wilderness

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Lichens of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area: Biology, Identification, and Research Applications

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The Largest Area of Protected Wilderness in the U.S.

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Summer Wildflowers in Flat Tops Wilderness, Trappers Lake, Colorado

Flat Tops Wilderness Area is the third largest U.S. Wilderness Area in Colorado. It is 235,214 acres (951.88 km2), with 38,870 acres (157.3 km2) in Routt National Forest and 196,344 acres (794.58 km2) 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.