high point

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high point (plural high points)

  1. A climax; the best time in a given period.
    Synonyms: culmination, pinnacle; see also Thesaurus:apex
    Antonym: low point
    This has been the high point of my life.
  2. (climbing) The point of the highest elevation in a given area.
    • 2008, Susan Joy Paul, Climbing Colorado's Mountains, Guilford, CT: Rowman & Littlefield, →ISBN, page 141:
      Blanca Peak is one of just three ultra-prominence peaks, or “ultras,” in the state and the highpoint of the Sierra Blanca Range, a massif that includes ranked 14ers Ellingwood Point, Little Bear Peak, and Mount Lindsey.

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