Rocky Mountains

There are numerous highly scenic areas in the Rockies, including the following:

In Alberta and British Columbia, the various National Parks of the Canadian Rockies.

In Idaho, the Sawtooth Range.

In Montana, Glacier National Park and the Bitterroot Range.

In Wyoming, Grand Teton and Yellowstone National Parks and the Bighorn Range.

In Colorado, Rocky Mountain National Park and the San Juan Mountains.

Except for Interstate and major US Highways, most of the passes over the Rockies are closed during winter. Those in the south are opened for the summer considerably earlier than those in the north.

Almost all of the roads in the Rockies marked on road maps are good quality paved roads with very few tight hairpin turns and perfectly safe. Traffic levels tend to be very light compared to Europe. Unlike in Europe, navigating a mountain pass in the USA or Canada does not mean crawling behind a procession of coaches and lorries round numerous tight hairpin turns.

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