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The range runs for approximately 60 miles (100 km) northwest-to-southeast, through western Grand and Summit counties, and eastern Routt and Eagle counties. They form the southern extension of the Park Range, extending southward from Rabbit Ears Pass (U.S. Highway 40) to the Eagle River and Gore Creek near Vail.
Mount Powell is the highest summit of the Gore Range in the Rocky Mountains of North America.The prominent 13,586-foot (4,141 m) thirteener is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 8.5 miles (13.7 km) north by east (bearing 8°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, along the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and ...
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Eagles Nest is set in the Gore Range which is a subrange of the Rocky Mountains. The mountain is located 10 miles (16 km) north of the community of Vail in the Eagles Nest Wilderness on land managed by Arapaho National Forest. It ranks as the 2nd-highest peak in the Gore Range and the 2nd-highest in the wilderness. [4]
The Gore Range was named in honor of Sir George Gore arising from a hunting expedition led by Jim Bridger (1804–1881), an early trapper and explorer of the Rocky Mountains. Bridger documented the Great Salt Lake in 1824 and guided westward settlers through Bridger Pass in 1850, shortening the Oregon Trail by 61 miles (98 km).
Jacque Peak is a high and prominent mountain summit in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 13,211-foot (4,027 m) thirteener is located in the White River National Forest, 1.6 miles (2.5 km) south by east (bearing 173°) of the resort community of Copper Mountain in Summit County, Colorado, United States.
Roman Mendez, 6, one of two kindergarten students who was shot at the Feather River Adventist School in Oroville. He sustained two gunshot wounds and remains in critical but stable condition ...
Meridian Peak is a mountain summit in the Gore Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America.The 12,432-foot (3,789 m) peak is located in the Eagles Nest Wilderness, 9.0 miles (14.5 km) north by west (bearing 353°) of the Town of Vail, Colorado, United States, on the drainage divide separating White River National Forest and Eagle County from Arapaho National Forest and Summit County.