Grab your cameras, camping gear, and hiking boots as we trek and climb the Rockies. No American exploration would be complete without a trip to some of the most majestic scenery in North America. Stretching from Canada to New Mexico the Rockies have inspired Americans for centuries.
Visit our most famous National Parks: Glacier, Grand Tetons, Rocky Mountain, and Yellowstone. Inhale clean, crisp air in this wilderness of jagged peaks, crystal lakes, valleys, forests, and glaciers. In the Rockies the wilderness and human interaction merge. Hike through valleys of wildflowers, and cathedrals of aspen trees,while eagles soar overhead! Expect to see grizzly and black bears, moose and elk, cougars and big horn sheep!
Commune with nature in this Amazing Place of America – The Rockies.
Facts about The Rockies
- The Rocky Mountains are part of a collection of dozens of ranges that extend from Alaska to Cape Horn in South America.
- The highest peak in the U.S. Rockies is Mount Elbert (Colorado), at 14, 433 ft.
- Humans have inhabited The Rockies for more than 10,000 years.
- Runoff and snowmelt from the peaks feed rivers and lakes with the water supply for one-quarter of the United States.
- The Continental Divide, located in the mountains, separates rivers flowing to the east and to the west.
- The area is rich in deposits of copper, iron, ore, silver, gold, lead, zinc, phosphate, potash, and gypsum.
- Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone, and Grand Teton National Parks are major recreational Venues in The Rockies.
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