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Of the 100 highest major summits of the Rocky Mountains, 62 peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, and all 100 peaks exceed 3746 meters (12,290 feet) elevation. Of these 100 peaks, 78 (including the 30 highest) are located in Colorado, ten in Wyoming, six in New Mexico, three in Montana, and one each in Utah, British Columbia, and Idaho.
The Santa Fe Mountains at the southern end of the Rockies as seen from the Sandia Crest in New Mexico The summits of the Teton Range in Wyoming. The name of the mountains is a calque of an Algonquian name, specifically Plains Cree ᐊᓯᓃᐘᒋᐩ asinîwaciy (originally transcribed as-sin-wati), literally "rocky mountain / alp".
The westernmost summits of their elevation in the Rocky Mountains; Rank Mountain Peak Region Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 11 Sentinel Peak [6] [7] [a] [b] British Columbia Canadian Rockies: 2513 m 8,245 ft: 1452 m 4,764 ft: 86.6 km 53.8 mi
This divide between the Southern Rockies and the Central Rockies provided the lowest elevation traverse of the Rocky Mountain region for the historic Oregon Trail, the Mormon Trail, and the California Trail. The southern end of the Rocky Mountains are considered to be the Jemez Mountains and the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico ...
The Sawatch Range / s ə ˈ w ɑː tʃ / or Saguache Range [1] [2] [3] is a high and extensive mountain range in central Colorado which includes eight of the twenty highest peaks in the Rocky Mountains, including Mount Elbert, at 14,440 feet (4,401 m) elevation, the highest peak in the Rockies.
Elias Díaz capped Colorado's six-run eighth inning with a tiebreaking RBI double, and the Rockies beat the San Diego Padres 10-9 on Thursday. Elehuris Montero and Hunter Goodman homered for ...
The Colorado Rockies lost starting pitcher Ryan Feltner in the second inning of a 7-4 defeat to the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday. He was hit just above the right ear by a 92.7 mph comebacker ...
Dane Myers hit a game-winning single in the 10th inning as the Miami Marlins overcame a five-run deficit and beat Colorado 7-6 on Tuesday night, making the Rockies the first team since 1900 to ...