{"id":7592,"date":"2021-02-04T10:49:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-04T17:49:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/?p=7592"},"modified":"2024-08-23T08:01:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-23T14:01:39","slug":"wyoming-altitude-chart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wyoming-altitude-chart\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyoming Altitude Chart"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Are you a new cook or a newcomer to the high-altitude areas of Wyoming? Whatever your situation, you may wonder why your cakes continually fall or your favorite cookie recipe just doesn\u2019t taste right. Recipes from low altitudes usually need to be adjusted for altitudes above 3,000 feet. These adjustments are made in time, temperature, or ingredients.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Publications<\/strong>
For information on adjusting recipes to be attractive and tasty, please check out the University of Wyoming Extension Bulletins Cooking & Baking It Up! Altitude Adjusters (B-1310)<\/a> and High Altitude Baking (B-1366)<\/a>.<\/p>

Altitudes in Wyoming<\/strong>
In adjusting recipes to prepare a high-quality product or to home-can foods safely, you need to know your local altitude. Below are the altitudes for most Wyoming communities by county.<\/p>

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Print a copy of our Wyoming Altitude-Chart<\/a> to have handy in your kitchen!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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  • Albany County<\/span><\/strong>
    • Laramie – 7165<\/span><\/li>
    • Medicine Bow – 6565<\/li>
    • Rock River – 6896<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
    • Big Horn County<\/span><\/strong>
      • Basin – 3870<\/span><\/li>
      • Lovell – 3814<\/span><\/li>
      • Greybull – 3788<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
      • Campbell County<\/span><\/strong>
        • Gillette – 4544<\/span><\/li>
        • Pine Tree Junction – 5042<\/span><\/li>
        • Rozet – 4286<\/span><\/li>
        • Spotted Horse – 3890<\/span><\/li>
        • Wright – 5122<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
        • Carbon County<\/span><\/strong>
          • Rawlins – 6755<\/span><\/li>
          • Saratoga – 6786<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
          • Converse County<\/span><\/strong>
            • Douglas – 4815<\/span><\/li>
            • Glenrock – 5009<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
            • Crook County<\/span><\/strong>
              • Aladdin – 3740<\/span><\/li>
              • Alva – 3995<\/span><\/li>
              • Beulah – 3570<\/span><\/li>
              • Hulette – 3755<\/span><\/li>
              • Moorcroft – 4206<\/span><\/li>
              • Sundance – 4750<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li>
              • Fremont County<\/span><\/strong>
                • Dubois – 6917<\/span><\/li>
                • Lander – 5357<\/span><\/li>
                • Riverton – 4956<\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                  • Goshen County<\/strong>
                    • Fort Laramie – 4230<\/li>
                    • Hawk Springs – 4394<\/li>
                    • Huntley – 4196<\/li>
                    • Jay Em – 4675<\/li>
                    • LaGrange – 4587<\/li>
                    • Torrington – 4104<\/li>
                    • Yoder – 4245<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                    • Hot Springs County<\/strong>
                      • Thermopolis – 4326<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                      • Johnson County<\/strong>
                        • Buffalo – 4645<\/li>
                        • Kaycee – 4646<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                        • Laramie County<\/strong>
                          • Albin – 5334<\/li>
                          • Burns – 5455<\/li>
                          • Cheyenne – 6062<\/li>
                          • Federal – 6766<\/li>
                          • Hillsdale – 5638<\/li>
                          • Horse Creek – 6520<\/li>
                          • Pine Bluffs – 5047<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                          • Lincoln County<\/strong>
                            • Afton – 6134<\/li>
                            • Kemmerer – 6927<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                            • Natrona County<\/strong>
                              • Casper – 5123<\/li>
                              • Midwest – 4849<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                              • Niobrara County<\/strong>
                                • Lusk – 5015<\/li>
                                • Manville – 5245<\/li>
                                • Van Tassell – 4736<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                • Park County<\/strong>
                                  • Cody – 5016<\/li>
                                  • Powell – 4365<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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                                    • Platte County<\/strong>
                                      • Wheatland – 4733<\/li>
                                      • Chugwater – 5288<\/li>
                                      • Glendo – 4718<\/li>
                                      • Guernsey – 4354<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                      • Sheridan County<\/strong>
                                        • Sheridan – 3745<\/li>
                                        • Story – 5036<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                        • Sublette County<\/strong>
                                          • Big Piney – 6798<\/li>
                                          • Pinedale – 7175<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                          • Sweetwater County<\/strong>
                                            • Green River – 6100<\/li>
                                            • Rock Springs – 6271<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                            • Teton County<\/strong>
                                              • Jackson – 6209<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                              • Uinta County<\/strong>
                                                • Evanston – 6748<\/li>
                                                • Mountain View – 6805<\/li>
                                                • Lyman – 6706<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                                • Washakie County<\/strong>
                                                  • Tensleep – 4206<\/li>
                                                  • Worland – 4061<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                                  • Weston County<\/strong>
                                                    • Four Corners – 5800<\/li>
                                                    • Newcastle – 4334<\/li>
                                                    • Osage – 4300<\/li>
                                                    • Upton – 4234<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
                                                    • Wind River Reservation<\/strong>
                                                      • Ethete – 5354<\/li>
                                                      • Ft. Washakie – 5570<\/li>
                                                      • Crowheart – 6078<\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                                                        Are you a new cook or a newcomer to the high-altitude areas of Wyoming? Wonder why your cakes continually fall or your favorite cookie recipe just doesn\u2019t taste right? Our publications and altitude chart can help!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":7624,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wprm-recipe-roundup-name":"","wprm-recipe-roundup-description":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2427],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-altitude"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/banner-altitude-chart.jpg","post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7592"}],"version-history":[{"count":86,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18251,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7592\/revisions\/18251"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7624"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uwyoextension.org\/uwnutrition\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}