May 10 2025
The Front Range is one of the best-known mountain ranges in the American Rockies, forming the dramatic western skyline above Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, and Colorado Springs. Stretching from central Colorado north into southeastern Wyoming, the range contains some of the most recognizable mountains in the United States, including Grays Peak, Longs Peak, Mount Blue …
May 10 2025
🏔️ Overview The Henry Mountains are an isolated mountain range rising above the desert landscape of south-central Utah. Located primarily in Garfield County, with the northern part extending into Wayne County, the range stands between Capitol Reef National Park and Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Although the Henry Mountains are not among Utah’s tallest ranges, …
May 10 2025
🏔️ Overview The Sawtooth Range is one of the most recognizable mountain landscapes in the American West. Rising above the valleys of central Idaho, the range is defined by sharp granite summits, glacially carved basins, clear alpine lakes, and steep ridges that give the mountains their distinctive saw-blade appearance. The Sawtooths form part of the …
May 10 2025
🏔️ Overview The Sawatch Range is one of the highest and most impressive mountain ranges in the United States. Located in central Colorado, it forms part of the Southern Rocky Mountains and contains an extraordinary concentration of high summits, including Mount Elbert, the highest mountain in Colorado and the highest summit anywhere in the Rocky …
May 07 2025
🏔️ Overview The Cabinet Mountains are a rugged mountain range of the northern Rocky Mountains extending across northwestern Montana and into the Idaho Panhandle. Although their summits are considerably lower than the famous fourteeners of Colorado, the Cabinets rise steeply above deep river valleys and contain some of the wildest mountain country in the northwestern …
May 07 2025
🏔️ Overview The Brooks Range is an immense Arctic mountain system stretching across northern Alaska and into Canada’s Yukon Territory. Remote, roadless across most of its length, and almost entirely above the Arctic Circle, the range forms one of the wildest mountain landscapes in North America. Running roughly east to west for about 600–700 miles …
May 01 2025
The Bitterroot Range forms one of the most rugged and heavily forested mountain landscapes of the Northern Rocky Mountains. Rising along the border between western Montana and central Idaho, these mountains contain steep granite walls, deep glacially carved canyons, alpine lakes, extensive forests, and some of the largest designated wilderness landscapes in the contiguous United …
Apr 29 2025
🏔️ Overview The Bighorn Mountains rise dramatically from the plains and basins of northern Wyoming, with their northern end extending into southern Montana. Although somewhat separated from the better-known high ranges farther west, the Bighorns form an important part of the greater Rocky Mountain system. The range combines high granite summits, broad forests, alpine tundra, …
Jul 01 2024
🏔️ Overview The Wind River Range rises across western Wyoming in a dramatic sweep of granite peaks, glacial valleys, alpine lakes, and high-elevation wilderness. Commonly called the Winds, this spectacular section of the Rocky Mountains contains Wyoming’s highest mountain, some of the largest remaining glaciers in the American Rockies, and several of the West’s most …
Feb 15 2024
San Miguel Peak San Miguel Peak is a rugged 13,756-foot summit in the San Juan Mountains of southwestern Colorado. Rising south of Telluride near Hope Lake and Lizard Head Pass, the mountain combines colorful alpine geology, sweeping high-country views, wildflower-filled approaches, and a challenging final ridge that places it firmly in the realm of experienced …
