Alma is a Statutory Town in Park County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 296 at the 2020 United States Census. Alma is located West and South of the Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urban Corridor.

At an height of approximately 10,578 feet (3,224 m), Alma is the highest incorporated municipality in the United States considering considering single-handedly areas with long-lasting residents. Its pronounce office is located at the highest elevation of any in the country. Alma, which is considered a town and not a city, does not take the title of “highest incorporated city” from Leadville, Colorado. Using administrative boundaries as a measure, not approved areas, in 2006 Winter Park, Colorado became the highest incorporated town due to its annexation of a ski area. Beyond the certified limits of Alma is a residential area which extends to 11,680 feet (3,560 m) above sea level on Mountain View Drive; this Place uses Fairplay, Colorado addresses, despite inborn slightly closer to Alma.

The town was named by a merchant named Mr. James, after his wife. Another tradition states the town was named for the daughter of a resident.

Alma grew as a town concerning the Buckskin Gulch, where gold was first discovered in the area. As hard rock mines opened upon Mount Bross, Mount Lincoln, and Mount Democrat, the population of the Place continued to grow. In the 1870s, Alma’s population peaked at vis-а-vis 10,000 people. The Place around Alma contains 17,452 mining sites, mostly placer mines.