Difference between revisions of "Rocky Mountain National Park"
Revision as of 04:07, 5 August 2010 Rocky Mountain National Park
is a United States National Park that is located in the Front
Range region of the state of Colorado. The park's borders lie
within three counties, Larimer, Boulder, and Grand and it is
surrounded by Roosevelt, Arapaho, and Routt National Forests.
The Continental Divide cuts almost directly through the center
of the park, creating two areas with very different landscapes -
a drier and heavily glaciated eastern side, and a wetter, more
forested western side. Both areas offer excellent spots for high
altitude alpine hiking, backpacking and rock climbing as well as
ample opportunity for spotting wildlife. The park is dominated
by Longs Peak one of Colorado's 54 "Fourteeners" at 14,259 feet,
and dubbed the "Monarch of the Front Range." Evidence of Native
American peoples visiting the park date back almost 10,000
years, mainly from the Ute and Arapaho communities. Several
expeditions visi