The Rocky Mountains is like no second region of USA for unaffected landscapes and grandiose nature. However in the area of the Rocky Mountains seven altogether scarcely over 50 the national park of USA nature are situated purely: In the entire region for that for about 3000 km are enough mountain range live only approximately 8 million humans. In the Federal State Montana e.g.live only about 900000 inhabitants, although the state is larger than Germany. The Rockies had always a special meaning for USA at the times of settling the west represented it an enormous obstacle for the Trecks from the east, for the lawless ones was it retreat area, because the lever of the law could not access here.

And in such a way the Rocky Mountains corresponds also today still far going to the plate from cowboy romance, game west atmosphere and Naturburschentum. Still the Rocky Mountains is an ideal place of refuge for nature friends, for who the true beauty of this region with extensive migrations and routes of several days in the free one is opened. Here nowadays here in addition, strengthen self-employed persons leave themselves down, who are environmentally consciously, well trained and mobile, and live the persons employed of the future industries High Tech, energy and communication.

The Rocky Mountains extends from the Canadian boundary in the northwest of USA in southeast direction to to the Mexican boundary down. The mountain course through-crossed thereby the Federal States Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado and ends in new Mexico. Outrunnings of the Rocky Mountains go until Arizona in the southwest and South Dakota in the east.

Due to the enormous geographical expansion of the Rocky Mountains there are several cities, which can serve as starting Point for routes into the mountains. " classical " Points of entrance for a journey are Salt Lake city and above all Denver, which possess both an international airport. At the edge of the Rocky Mountains in the south would be also still Las Vegas (Nevada) and as starting Point conceivablly, in the northwest one from Seattle (Washington) could start Albuquerque (new Mexico) out. In addition still various cities come into the Rocky Mountains, which have regional airports and are attainable thus from some American large airports. Usually one drives then with a rented car into the Rocky Mountains inside, which are well attainable by various federal highways. The most important Interstates, which leads by the Rocky Mountains, is the numbers 15 (Shelby, MO reading Vegas, NE), 25 (Billings, MO Colorado branch, O), 70 (Richfield, UT Denver, O), 80 (Salt Lake city, UT Cheyenne, WY) and 90 (Spokane, WA rapidly city, SD). The only railway line by the Rocky Mountains leads from Shelby (Montana) in the north across Great of case, Helena, Idaho of case, Pocatello and Ogden after Salt Lake city in the south.

The Rocky Mountains is comparatively young mountains. They originated in only before approx. 30 to 60 million years, when the Pacific continental disk at the today's west coast shifted itself onto the American mainland disk and up-piled up the mountain course. Several ice ages coined/shaped then the today's picture of the Rockies. Beside the enormous mountain massifs the area is coined/shaped in addition, by the Hot in such a way specified Spot, Hot Spots in the Earth's mantle, which sends magma steadily to the earth's surface in the northwest of the region and leaves enormous lava fields.

Since the climate of the Rocky Mountains resembles that of the European alps, one is bent to draw here a comparison. Differently than in Europe however a quite own animal and plant world developed here. One finds blue firs, Ponderosa Kiefern and angel man firs as well as innumerable game flowers, which there are only here. In the far levels of the basin landscapes even steppe plant grows. Also the animal world is owing to earlier and preventive measures going far far going intact. To the characteristic inhabitants of the Rockies murmeltiere, prairie dogs, ground squirrels belong and, under the large animals, moose, deerdeer deer and bisons. At raubtieren one can meet mountain lions, Kojoten and black bears, Grizzlys meets one against it only in north Montana.

Arches National Park: North of Moab in the Federal State Utah begins the Arches National Park, which consists of several, interesting formed natural stone elbows polished of the wind into the red sandstone. From the Visitors center out leads 30 km a long stinging race to the Devils guards, where a Wanderweg begins. The time for a round migration one should take oneself in any case and in particular a trip to the Delicate Arch, which most famous motive for photo of the Arches National Parks, to take into account.

Denver: Denver is for 150 years a city, which boom. And her population, who predominantly in the High Tech -, feed and energy industry are active, lets the further prospects for the 2,1-Millionen-Metropole appear rosy. The largest city at the east edge of the Rocky Mountains captivates with extensive parks and green belts and a nice pedestrian precinct. The museums are particularly worth seeing in Denver: in the Colorado History museum one can reconstruct the pioneer time of the Rockies, in the Denver type museum captivates above all the American Indian Hall with indianischer art from all regions Americas, in the Denver museum of Natural History has one the best entrance into the Rocky Mountains, whose geology, Flora and Fauna in enormous Dioramen are introduced, and in the museum of Western type are represented all classical authors of the game west art. An obligation trip for all Western Nostalgiker is a travel to approximately 20 km removed Lookout Mountain, on whose summit the grave of Buffalo Bill is.

Great Salt Lake:The largest lake in the west ofUSA is situated northwest from Salt Lake city in the Federal State Utah and is actually a Binnenmeer. The containment of salt is about six times higher with up to 27 per cent than in the oceans; only the dead sea is still saltier. From Antelope Island out one has the best acces to the lakeshore and can then also try out whether one can actually be situated in the water and read newspaper at the same time (one can!).

Mesa Verde National Park: In the extreme southwest Colorados are the most impressive certifications of in former times indian cultures in USA starting from 900 A.D. became Mesa Verde the most important settlement area of the Anasazi Indians. Initially the natives of houses built still on the high surfaces, later then created it their settlements in the middle in the steep rock slopes. In the National Park one can see the Balcony House and 217 spaces the global Cliff Palace over 30 ruins from this time and two of it, also under guidance visit.

Mount Rushmore: The four president headings at the summit of this mountain in South Dakota are admired by thousands of Americans each year and admired country-wide as symbol of the democracy. From left to the right the headings of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson are, to see Theodore Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The sculptor Gutzon Borglum needed 14 years with his aids altogether, around the profiles of the US fathers in Granite. To film honours the Monument came by the Hitchcock film " invisible third ".

Rocky Mountain national park: The 1915 foundet national park into Colorado go oe blanks to the most highly regions of the Federal State. The most highly mountain, Longs peak, is 4345 m highly. The hardly opened area becomes of only one street, which winds itself Trail Ridge Road, through-crossed, in zigzags by the park and on 3713 m Altidud. Wanderers have the opportunity to explore the park on more then 500 km ways. The park possesses exclusive Campgrounds, all other tourist mechanisms is at the two Parkintrances.

Sun Valley / Ketchum: Sun Valley and its neighboring place Ketchum, together scarcely 4000 inhabitants, are the most popular trip target in Idaho.Famous is the place for its history: 1936 were built here the first chairlift of the world, into which he served gloss times Hollywoods as winter place of refuge for prominent ones like Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe, Ernest Hemingway spent its last years here and is on that locale cemetery buried. In addition, the present has its attractions: Maintained Lodges and restaurants and a grandioses mountain panorama load to staying.

Yellowstone National Park: The Yellowstone park, whose is situated part in the Federal State Wyoming, is not only the oldest but probably also the more famous national park of the world. The park enclosure scarcely 9000 km ² flat steel bars and is above all a paradies for wild animals. Here live bisons, moose, deer, beavers, Grizzly and Blachbears and each quantity of smaller animal species. The actual reason of f ue r the Erkl ae rung to the national park are however the underground hot zones. Yellowstone large width unit the Thermallocation of the world with more than 200 geysiren, hot sources of sulfur and deep ravines. One of it, the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone with its sulfur-yellow stone, gave the name to the park. spectaculaire are the Mammoth Hot branch, 100 m high sinter terraces, more particularly after rain times the amplifiers of sulfid water flow, as well as the geysir old Faithful, which therefore has its name that he ascends at equal terms. The prospective eruption times are recorded on a showboard for the visitors.

During the ice ages moved in several waves indians from Siberia over the Beringsstreet and settled also the area of the Rocky Mountains. In southwest of the today's Colorado grew around the turn of the century the Pueblocultur of the Anasazi up. Around 1820 trapper and skintrader pulled more nearer by the mountains and formed the first Forts and settlements of the west. Center 19. Century settled the Mormons pursued in the east of the United States the today's Utah. With gold finds in Colorado as well as big gold finds in Montana and Idaho fallow 1858 the hightime the wild west on. On it briefly began the US Kavallerie, those by epidemic diseases already strongly decimated Indians into reservations to push away, in order to make the country free for white settler. Short time more was placed the continental railway and the settlers could now more easily into the west of the USA arrive. The Indians did not give themselves however yet struck and registered general Custer with the victory with that putting battle at the Little Big horn their great victory. Only with the massacre of Wounded Knee, South Dakota, ended the arguments with the Indians.

With the turn of the century also the touristic interest in the American west began. Health resorts and that already 1872 to the national park declared Yellowstone Park lured curious guests likewise to like the use begun of the Rocky Mountains as skiing area. After the Second World War the west won particularly as location for -, charring and Oilcontainer at meaning and became for the mechanism of silos likewise sucked. Minute one intercontinental missiles used. Touristic is not today turn off the boom into the American west until.

Cowboy Downhill in Steamboat branch, CO

Bluegrass Festival in Telluride, O: Four days long fidel the best Country violonists Americas;

In sand Point, ID, meet lunmber more with the Timberfiest

July:

Indian Days in the Blackfoot reservation in Browning, MT;

Festival of the American west with placed behind settlertrecks, fair and Country music in Logan, UT.

August:

Crow fair in Billings, MT: Greatest Indian celebrations of the United States with dances, ceremonies and games;

With the Frontier Days in Cheyenne, WY, measure the best Rodeoriders of the world;

For all Harley fans must is great width unit the motorcycle celebration America, the Rally in Sturgis, SD.

October:

Fat Tire Festival in Moab, UT: The world elite of the Mountainbiker shows its art.