The
Rocky Mountains stretch some 3,000 miles from British Columbia and Alberta in
Canada through Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and down to New Mexico in the
U.S. The range offers dramatic wilderness, diverse wildlife and alpine lakes.
Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park is traversed by numerous hiking trails
and the famously scenic Trail Ridge Road, a 48-mile highway that reaches a high
point of 12,183ft.
Elevation: 14,439′
Highest point: Mount
Elbert
States/Provinces: List: British
Columbia; Alberta; Idaho; Montana; Wyoming; Utah; Colorado; New Mexico
Length: 3,000 mi (4,800 km)
Did you know: The Rocky Mountains
are 76 million years old and their highest peak is Mount Elbert in Colorado
which is 4401 metres (14,440 feet) high.
