• BearOfaTime@lemm.ee
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    2 months ago

    First, it’s not zero. Denver is 5000ft ASL and it’s in a valley (towns around it are higher). There’s a slow elevation change across the Midwest to the Rockies.

    Second, Passes are a thing.

    Still, wagons crossing the Rockies is an amazing thing.