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A small incubator used to hatch quail eggs for reseach at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. It is currently on display at the FDA headquarters in Maryland.

While there are peaks in the Flat Tops, the dominant feature of the range is the high plateau from which the peaks arise. The plateau was formed by horizontal basalt flows from tertiary volcanic activity and is bounded by steep drops to valleys craved out by subsequent glaciation. The resulting mix of segments of treeless plateau at an elevation of 11,000 to 12,000 feet interspersed with verdant valleys is unique among Colorado mountain ranges.


The highest point in the Flat Tops is the summit of Flat Top Mountain (12,361 ft) on the east side of the range. The Devil’s Causeway, perhaps the most popular geologic feature and notorious hiking experience in the Flat Tops, is located in the same area. The Causeway is a narrow neck of plateau where eroding glaciers on either side almost met. A trail crosses the Causeway which at its narrowest is 3 to 4 feet wide with drop-offs on either side of hundreds of feet to the valleys below.


The most well-known destination approached from the west side of the range is Trappers Lake.