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Medicine Bow peak is 12,030 feet ,(3666.7 meters) high. The lake in the foreground is Mirror lake. More about the lake another day. This beautiful and quiet place holds a dark secret. On October 6th, 1955, A Commercial Airline, C54, crashed into the mountain killing all 66 passengers and crew aboard. It missed clearing the top of the peak by only 23 feet, (7.0) meters. The cause of the crash was never determined.