Keywords: High-country views in Rocky Mountain National Park in the Front Range of the spectacular and high Rockies in north-central Colorado LCCN2015633398.tif 1 photograph digital tiff file color Notes The towering Front Range is the first mountain range encountered by white settlers years ago and travelers today moving west along the 40th parallel north across the Great Plains of North America The 266 000-acre park is split by the Continental Divide which gives the eastern and western portions of the park a different character The east side tends to be drier with heavily glaciated peaks and cirques The west side is wetter and more lush with deep forests ; Forms part of Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive ; Credit line Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division ; Title date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer ; Purchase; Carol M Highsmith Photography Inc ; 2015; DLC/PP-2015 068 2015 Creator Carol M Highsmith Library of Congress Catalog http //lccn loc gov/2015633398 Image download https //cdn loc gov/master/pnp/highsm/33300/33383a tif Original url http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/highsm 33383 No known restrictions on publication LOC-image highsm 33383 40 25 0847 0 N 105 44 7782 0 W alt 3621 7_source exif_heading 41 PD-Highsmith Images uploaded by Fæ Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Peaks of Rocky Mountain National Park Gates Frontiers Fund Colorado Collection within the Carol M Highsmith Archive Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Photographs by Carol M Highsmith Views from Rocky Mountain National Park |