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Rocky Mountain National Park is an American national park located approximately 55 mi (89 km) northwest of Denver [5] in north-central Colorado, within the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The park is situated between the towns of Estes Park to the east and Grand Lake to the west. The eastern and western slopes of the Continental Divide run ...
List of mountain peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Coordinates: 39.1178°N 106.4454°W. Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains and the U.S. State of Colorado. This article comprises three sortable tables of major mountain peaks [1] of the Rocky Mountains of North America . The summit of a mountain or hill may ...
Altitude sickness. Altitude sickness, the mildest form being acute mountain sickness ( AMS ), is a harmful effect of high altitude, caused by rapid exposure to low amounts of oxygen at high elevation. [1] [2] [3] People can respond to high altitude in different ways. Symptoms may include headaches, vomiting, tiredness, confusion, trouble ...
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch 3,000 miles (4,800 kilometers) [3] in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in the southwestern United States. Depending on differing definitions ...
Bear Lake (Colorado) Bear Lake is a scenic trailhead and destination in Rocky Mountain National Park. [1] Sitting at an elevation of 9,450 feet (2,880 m), [2] [3] the alpine lake rests beneath the sheer flanks of Hallett Peak and the Continental Divide at 40.31324°N 105.648222°W. Several trails, from easy strolls to strenuous hikes, start ...
If you close your eyes and think of the southern Rockies, “Rocky Mountain National Park captures all of that,” said the park’s Public Affairs Officer Kyle Patterson. “Snow-capped peaks ...
Telluride is the county seat and most populous town of San Miguel County in the southwestern portion of the U.S. state of Colorado. [5] The town is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains. The first gold mining claim was made in the mountains above Telluride in 1875, and early settlement of what is ...
Mount Blue Sky (formerly Mount Evans) is the highest peak in the Mount Evans Wilderness in the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The prominent 14,271-foot (4,350 m) fourteener is located 13.4 miles (21.6 km) southwest by south (bearing 214°) of Idaho Springs in Clear Creek County, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide between Arapaho National Forest and Pike ...