Front Range and Indian Peaks

The Front Range is the first mountain range that pops up from the seemingly endless plains of eastern North America. The snowy peaks line the western horizon as seen from the cities of Ft. Collins, Boulder, Denver, and Colorado Springs.

Crater Snow Camp
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Bluebird Lone Eagle
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Lone Eagle Reflection
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Brainard Lake Dawn
Indian Peaks, Colorado
Boulder Lightning
Front Range, Colorado
Ogalalla Flowers
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Dawn at the Diamond
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Boulder Rainbow
Front Range Foothills, Colorado
Boulder Inversion Sunrise
Front Range Foothills, Colorado
Longs Peak Aerial
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Orange Diamond
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Moonrise Over Denver
Front Range, Colorado
Cascade Creek
Indian Peaks, Colorado
Lone Eagle Reflection Pano
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Floating Crystals
Boulder, Colorado
Snowy Deer
Front Range Foothills, Colorado
Snowy Lone Eagle Panorama
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Rusty the Fox
Front Range Foothills, Colorado
High Moving Clouds
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
High Moving Sunshine
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
High Moving Sunset
Indian Peaks Wilderness, Colorado
Longs Peak Aspens
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Elk Bull
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Bugling Elk
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Pikes Peak Pastels
Collegiate Peaks Wildernes, Colorado
Front Range map

Rocky Mountain National Park is probably the most famous portion of the Front Range, and sees the majority of Colorado's alpine tourists. The highlight of the park for mountain climbers is Longs Peak, a fourteener that boasts one of Colorado's largest big wall rock faces.

Indian Peaks, part of the Front Range just south of Rocky Mountain National Park, is the range of rugged peaks that rise to the west behind the town of Boulder. There are a few glacial remnants from the "Little Ice Age" several hundred years ago - the southernmost "glaciers" in North America, though they are quickly melting away.