Elk Mountains

American  

plural noun

1. a mountain range in W central Colorado, in the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Castle Peak (Mount Carbon), 14,265 feet (4,352 meters).

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Elk Mountains

Riley Soderquist has skied down Andean volcanoes in South America, traveled to the Alaska Range and made a first descent of the steep north face of Capitol Peak in Colorado’s Elk Mountains.

From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2021

Buehler’s death was the 10th fatal climbing accident since 2000 on Maroon Bells, as the two peaks in the Elk Mountains are called, The Aspen Times reported.

From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2020

For their customers, a 5-day guided hunt through the West Elk Mountains with Adam is just the start.

From Salon ● Aug. 8, 2018

This small, dead-end hamlet sits at 8,909 feet above sea level in southwestern Colorado’s rugged Elk Mountains.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 21, 2017

Laramie, Elk Mountains, and the adjacent hills fifteen miles east of Fort Steele, near old Fort Halleck.

From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various