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Of the 100 highest major summits of the Rocky Mountains, 62 peaks exceed 4000 meters (13,123 feet) elevation, and all 100 peaks exceed 3746 meters (12,290 feet) elevation. Of these 100 peaks, 78 (including the 30 highest) are located in Colorado, ten in Wyoming, six in New Mexico, three in Montana, and one each in Utah, British Columbia, and Idaho.
Selected mountain passes of the Rocky Mountains; Pass Region Elevation [1] [2] WGS84 [3] [4] Access; Abbot Pass [5] Alberta British Columbia 2922 m 9,587 ft Foot trail between Banff National Park and Yoho National Park
Human population is not very dense in the Rockies, with an average of four people per square kilometer and few cities with over 50,000 people. However, the human population grew rapidly in the Rocky Mountain states between 1950 and 1990. The forty-year statewide increases in population range from 35% in Montana to about 150% in Utah and Colorado.
Rocky Mountain passes on the Continental Divide of the Americas Pass Region Elevation [1] [2] Location [3] [4] Access; Pine Pass British Columbia 875 m 2,871 ft Jarvis Pass British Columbia
This is an incomplete list of notable mountains on Earth, sorted by elevation in metres above sea level. ... Canadian Rockies, Canada Mount Arfak: 2,955 9,695:
Mount Elbert is the highest summit of the Rocky Mountains of North America. With an elevation of 14,438 feet (4400.58 m), it is also the highest point in the U.S. state of Colorado and the second-highest summit in the contiguous United States after Mount Whitney, which is slightly taller.
The westernmost summits of their elevation in the Rocky Mountains; Rank Mountain Peak Region Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 11 Sentinel Peak [6] [7] [a] [b] British Columbia Canadian Rockies: 2513 m 8,245 ft: 1452 m 4,764 ft: 86.6 km 53.8 mi
The Canadian Rockies (French: Rocheuses canadiennes) or Canadian Rocky Mountains, comprising both the Alberta Rockies and the British Columbian Rockies, is the Canadian segment of the North American Rocky Mountains.