Medicine Bow Peak (12,018 ft (3,663 m)) is the highest peak in the Snowy Range, a part of the Medicine Bow Mountains, about 35 miles (56 km) west of Laramie, Wyoming. It lies within Medicine Bow National Forest and is the highest point in southern Wyoming. Sadly on October 6, 1955, United Airlines Flight 409 crashed near the top of Medicine Bow Peak, killing all 66 people on board (63 passengers and 3 crew) - the worst crash in U.S. history at the time. a memorial plaque was dedicated on August 25, 2001, not far from the crashsite. If you like this video please you are more then welcome to subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHmGOlRFhCqcpjmeLSEHnAw