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Bighorn Mountains

American  

plural noun

  1. a mountain range in N Wyoming, part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Cloud Peak, 13,165 feet (4,013 meters).


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The surf was up Tuesday afternoon along the crest of the Bighorn Mountains.

From Washington Post Dec. 8, 2022

The billowy phenomenon was visible on Tuesday above the crest of the Bighorn Mountains from the city of Sheridan.

From BBC Dec. 8, 2022

Maximum snow amounts could reach two feet or so in the Bighorn Mountains.

From Seattle Times Oct. 12, 2021

Instead, Wyoming voters chose Secretary of State Mark Gordon, a rancher who grew up at the foot of the Bighorn Mountains, over political mega-donor Foster Friess in the state's Republican primary for governor.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 22, 2018

And the four of us—horses, dog, and I—spent a wonderful summer exploring the wilderness areas of the Bighorn Mountains in Wyoming.

From This Side of Wild by Gary Paulsen

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