"Front Range" defined

[Jim]

www.CPR.org/2020/03/16/guess-what-colorado-the-front-range-isnt-where-you-think-it-is (http://www.CPR.org/2020/03/16/guess-what-colorado-the-front-range-isnt-where-you-think-it-is/)

Essentially the first range of mountains those traveling from the east need to pass over. From Laramie down to near Canyon City.

Full size image:
www.FrontRange4x4.com/misc/USBGN-Front-Range-Map-scaled.jpg (http://www.FrontRange4x4.com/misc/USBGN-Front-Range-Map-scaled.jpg)

[Getaklu]

Interesting map lines for sure.

Based on the map and the FR4x4 statement of "Only if you are a PERMANENT RESIDENT living on Colorado's Front Range and meet the other requirements may you submit a registration request. All registrations are reviewed by the moderator for approval.". it looks like you have a lot of reviewing for approval to do in your spare time. :lmao:

[Jim]

LOL - I am not allowed as I don't live where I need to live. I guess Matt / RockyMtRebel & Jackie are of the few members.

Who's down by Blackhawk? JP?

[FINOCJ]

Wasn't there a time when the cities along the front range area where known as the valley - as in I-25 (and maybe its predecessor) was known as the valley highway? maybe I take this too literally as a geologist, but the term 'range' does mean a lineation of mountains.

[Jim]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Highway

Interstate 25 in Colorado

Historical nicknames for this route have included the Valley Highway (through Denver (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denver,_Colorado)), Monument Valley Highway (through Colorado Springs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_Springs,_Colorado)), and the Pueblo Freeway (through Pueblo). Within El Paso County (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Paso_County,_Colorado), the route has been dedicated as the Ronald Reagan Highway.[2] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Highway#cite_note-2)[3] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Highway#cite_note-Interstate_25-3) In Pueblo County (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pueblo_County), the route is called John F. Kennedy Memorial Highway.

Interstate 25 is also considered to be part of the unofficial Pan-American Highway (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway).[4] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_Highway#cite_note-4)

[Getaklu]

maybe I take this too literally as a geologist, but the term 'range' does mean a lineation of mountains. Then there are subranges of the front range such as the Kenosha and Tarryall mountains.

[Swank1975]

I enjoyed listening to that story on the radio. The other good one I heard was them talking about Pablo Escobar's hippos that are now loose in Columbia and what their impact has been.

[speedkills]

I'm in Nederland, can't quite tell from the map if I qualify or not.

[Jim]

Ned is solid in the center of the band.

[Spieg]

I believe the term "Valley Highway" stems from the Platte River Valley which runs along I-25 for much of the way through Denver.

[K_9er]

Starting to feel like my mountain geography, and environments. Lol.