Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
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Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
What part of the western USA do you think of when you hear the term, "the rocky mountains"?
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Re: Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
“I thought the Rocky mts would be rockier than this, that John Denver’s full of sh!t.”
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Re: Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
The western part
Make wilderness less accessible.
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Re: Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
That's funny. I didn't know the rocky mountains were in Utah.
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Re: Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uinta_Mountains
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasatch_Range
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Re: Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
I thought they extended all the way into old Mexico?? Too lazy to look it up quite yet.SkaredShtles wrote: ↑Fri Apr 30, 2021 2:21 pmWell, today you learned that they are.
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Re: Which portion of mountains do you consider the "Rocky Mountains"?
the part above treeline
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