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Elk Mountains (Colorado)
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Elk Mountains (Colorado)
The
Elk Mountains
are a high, rugged mountain range in the
Rocky Mountains
of west-central
Colorado
in the
United States
. The mountains sit on the western side of the
Continental Divide
, largely in southern
Pitkin
and northern
Gunnison
counties, in the area southwest of
Aspen
, south of the
Roaring Fork River
valley, and east of the
Crystal River
. The range sits west of the
Sawatch Range
and northeast of the
West Elk Mountains
. Much of the range is located within the
White River National Forest
and the
Gunnison National Forest
, as well as the
Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness
and
Raggeds Wilderness
. The Elk Mountains rise nearly 9,000 ft. above the Roaring Fork Valley to the north.
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