Elevation. The Rocky Mountains have more than 100 mountain tops that are above 10,000 feet. The highest of which is Mount Elbert, coming in at 14,433 feet.

The name came from a surveyor by the name of Rufus Cable when Colorado Springs was being surveyed to become a city. He saw the beautiful rock formations and said: "This area is fit for the God’s to ...

One of Colorado's reintroduced wolves wandered into Rocky Mountain National Park this month, the first time wolves have been present in the park since the state released them in December.

Colorado's wolves appear to have made movement into watersheds that penetrate western Rocky Mountain National Park, according to the Colorado Parks and Wildlife's latest wolf activity map. The map ...