"Dudley Henriques" writes:

Hey, you mountain types out there :-) I'm doing some research on a safety
issue and need your help . I need a post from someone flying out of Colorado
somewhere, preferably Telluride or a field very close to Telluride. I need
as close to the highest elevation in the U.S. as I can get.

Talk to the chopper pilots. Here are the high 20 landing facilities
in the US.
1 CD37, EMPIRE, COLORADO, 12442
2 CD21, TARRYALL, COLORADO, 11294
3 CD38, FAIRPLAY, COLORADO, 11104
4 CD52, MOUNT PRINCETON, COLORADO, 10858
5 CD19, IDAHO SPRINGS, COLORADO, 10672
6 CD78, WOLF CREEK, COLORADO, 10634
7 CD41, GLENWOOD SPRINGS, COLORADO, 10603
8 CD70, STEAMBOAT SPRINGS, COLORADO, 10554
9 CO51, EMPIRE, COLORADO, 10400
10 CD25, BERTHOUD FALLS, COLORADO, 10340
11 01CO, LEADVILLE, COLORADO, 10175
12 CD74, VAIL, COLORADO, 10116
13 CD43, GRANITE, COLORADO, 10093
14 CO75, BRECKENRIDGE, COLORADO, 10085
15 CD44, HESPERUS, COLORADO, 10039
16 CD54, NORWOOD, COLORADO, 9943
17 1CO6, PALISADE, COLORADO, 9940
18 LXV, LEADVILLE, COLORADO, 9927
19 CD72, TRIMBLE, COLORADO, 9873
20 77CO, JEFFERSON, COLORADO, 9869

Way off topic...but perhaps amusing to those reading this thread.
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1752/3406421.html
A Red Cross supervisor said in 1993 that he didn't want to
fly anymore with an Aviation Charter pilot whom he said
ignored air traffic control advisories on how to avoid a
thunderstorm. The pilot, he said, took the plane up to
12,500 feet and told him it was a violation of Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) rules to be in an
unpressurized cabin at that height. Whether the pilot was
violating FAA regulations is unclear.

--kyler