Rocky Mountain Fun Facts - States (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)

Fun facts about Moab, Zion, Bryce, Arches National Parks in Southern Utah and the Arizona Strip Fun facts about Salt Lake City, Park City, Northern Utah The average snowfall in the mountains near Salt Lake City is 500 inches (over 40 feet!) - that is nearly five times the average snowfall of Juneau, Alaska. Fun facts about Vail, Aspen, Telluride, Steamboat Springs and the Colorado Rockies Breckenridge ski resort in Northwest Colorado boasts the highest chairlift in North America. The Imperial Express Super chair rises to an unbelievable height of 12,840 feet! At 50-square miles, Grand Mesa in Northwest Colorado is the world's largest flat-top mountain - just three square miles less than the nation's largest airport, Denver International. Fun facts about Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Cheyenne Wyoming and the Eastern Rockies Katherine Lee Bates wrote America the Beautiful after being inspired on the summit of Pikes Peak, near Colorado Springs. Trail Ridge Road, State Road 34 in Rocky Mountain National Park, is the highest continuously-paved road in the U.S. Fun facts about Yellowstone Park, Grand Teton, Jackson Hole in Wyoming and Bozeman, Montana