The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

The Rocky Mountains have always looked like a geological non sequitur, a towering spine of peaks sitting far from the ...

Rocky Mountain National Park's Timber Creek Campground will close in August for a construction project through the end of ...

Beginning on Jan. 27, east side snowshoe hikes will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. RMNP’s snowshoe hikes ...

The pristine white snowpack blanketing the Rocky Mountains may look pure, but a new study reveals it carries an invisible ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rocky Mountain National Park is ranked high on a new list of the top 10 best national parks for quality hiking. Three other parks on the list are within a ...

View 15 awe-inspiring images of this range from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The snow-capped Rockies glow bright white in the snow. Smithsonian Photo Contest Galleries Photographs selected ...

I neither ski nor snowboard, but I am enamored with mountain towns in the Rockies. The giddy bacchanalia of storied ski towns like Park City and Taos. The colorful outlaw lore of former mining camps ...

These mountains may have been named for the harsh winters here. Deep snowdrifts accumulate that melt only briefly during the summer. There is an Arapaho myth that may also explain the name. When they ...