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Rocky Mountains

[rok-ee moun-tnz] / ˈrɒk i ˈmaʊn tnz /


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Since his 2019 conviction in a Brooklyn federal court, El Chapo has been serving a life sentence plus 30 years in a Supermax prison high in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

This year, the snowpack in the Rocky Mountains is just 22% of average, the smallest on record.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

From the Rocky Mountains west to California and into Western Canada, record numbers of resorts closed early this season.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

The Colorado River provides water for farms, cities and tribal communities from the Rocky Mountains to northern Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2026

The Rocky Mountains are too big, too long, too important to have to be imposing.

From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck




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