All About the Rocky Mountains
- The Rocky Mountains are found in western North America. They span from western Canada through the counties of British Columbia and Alberta all the way over the border into the USA through the states of Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, & Arizona.
- 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.
- Most of the mountain range now is protected by National Park status. This is to stop the area being damaged and built on. Most of the parks are popular with tourists for hiking, cycling and fishing in the summer and skiing and winter sports in the winter.
- There are some exciting land marks in the Rockies and one of these is the Columbia Icefield, which feeds 8 major glaciers in Jasper National Park, Canada. The ice field is huge and when seen from the air is a mass of white with some peaks of the Rocky Mountains poking out from around the sides.