The Rockies

We aim to showcase the incredible, and high quality, scapes of the Rocky Mountain range and it's foothills.   Being a new group, we are actively growing the number of contributors.  If you have any questions or suggestion, feel free to comment.  

Enjoy!

Darcy

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The Rocky Mountains (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mo… and www.worldatlas.com/webimage/co…), about 3,000 miles in length, extend from the U.S State of New Mexico up through the western United States and on into the northernmost reaches of Canada's British Columbia. Major mountain ranges include...

    Absaroka                        
    Bear River
    Beaverhead
    Big Belt
    Big Horn
    Bitterroots
    Canadian
    Clearwater
    Columbia

    Front
    Guadalupe
    Laramie
    Lemhi
    Lewis
    Lost River
    Medicine Bow
    Monashee
    Owyhee
    Purcell
    Sacramento
    Salmon River

    San Andres
    San Juan
    Sangre de Cristo
    Sawatch
    Sawtooth
    Shoshone
    Steens
    Stillwater
    Swan
    Tetons
    Unita
    Wallowa
    Wasatch
    Wind River
    Wyoming
    Zuni

Note:  Yellowstone National Park is within the Rocky Mountain ranges.

The highest point in the Rockies is Mt. Elbert, located 10 miles southwest of Leadville, Colorado. It stands at 14,433 ft (4,399 meters).