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Front Range

American  

noun

  1. a mountain range extending from central Colorado to S Wyoming: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Grays Peak, 14,274 feet (4,350 meters).


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Parts of the Front Range, the easternmost section of the Southern Rocky Mountains, saw winds as strong as 85 miles an hour blowing debris and kindling-dry brush against the power lines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 25, 2025

Like most amateur fighters, 34-year-old Zerlentes embraced a career away from the ropes, working as a geography and economics professor at Front Range Community College's Larimer County campus, earning a master's and PhD.

From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2025

"They would spend weeks and weeks traveling in their wagons on the plains," said Abbott, whose book "Geology Underfoot Along Colorado's Front Range" is a primer for the state's rockhounds.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 4, 2024

Be sure to grow one specifically rated for long storage, too — perhaps Front Range Yellow Globe — to keep you in homegrown onions for months.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024

Novak’s band, with Walt sitting in on piano, worked the regional lounge circuit, covering dance numbers and old standards in smoky honky-tonks up and down the Front Range.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

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