Longs Peak in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, USA
© Andrew R. Slaton/Tandem Stills + Motio
Purple mountain majesties. Rocky Mountain National Park, USA
Longs Peak reaches higher than any other mountain in Rocky Mountain National Park at 14,259ft (4,346m) and each year, thousands of climbers set off to attempt the summit. It is one of 53 ‘fourteeners’ - mountains which exceed 14,000ft - in the US state of Colorado. Some climbers will try to reach the peak of every fourteener in the USA during their lifetimes- that’s 96 different mountains.
Once the home of the Ute and Arapaho peoples, then silver miners and mountain men, today Rocky Mountain National Park teems with outdoor enthusiasts of every stripe. Birdwatchers, cyclists and hikers give way to snowshoers, skiers and snowboarders as the seasons change. The park is full of wildlife, including nearly 70 kinds of mammals and almost 300 species of bird.
Related Images
Full moon rising over Dunnottar Castle near Stonehaven on the north-east coast of Scotland
Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, China
Light from sunrise through a sea cave on the Isle of Skye, Scotland
Firefall at Horsetail Fall, Yosemite National Park, California, USA
At the top of Mount Fuji in Japan. Happy New Year!
Sandhill cranes taking flight over the Platte River near Kearney, Nebraska, USA
Chital deer in misty grassland at dawn, Kanha National Park, India
Winter at the Isis Temple in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA
Bing Today Images
