Chief Mountain in Glacier National Park is a prominent peak along the Rocky Mountain Front

The Rocky Mountain Front is an area extending over 100 miles (160 km) from the central regions of the U.S. state of Montana to southern Alberta, Canada. Here, the Rocky Mountains meet the Great Plains in an abrupt altitude rise of between 4,000 to 5,000 feet (1,219–1,524 m). The Lewis Overthrust pushed eastward and over younger aged rocks, creating the Lewis Range. Also referred to as the "Crown of the Continent", the region is characterized by an uncommon ecosystem in which prairie and Northern Rockies flora and fauna overlap. The majority of the Rocky Mountain Front lies in Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, and Glacier National Park, Lewis and Clark National Forest as well as on private lands and the Blackfeet Indian Reservation, all of which are in Montana. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management also manages portions of the region. Aside from the Bison, all of the original animal species encountered when the Lewis and Clark Expedition passed through the region, still exist. This is one of the few places in the lower 48 states in which the Grizzly bear still ventures onto the the Great Plains. Conservationists have been actively working to protect the region from oil and gas exploration interests. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 172 KB) Chief Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S. File links The following pages link to this file: Glacier National Park (US) ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 172 KB) Chief Mountain, Glacier National Park, Montana, U.S. File links The following pages link to this file: Glacier National Park (US) ... Chief Mountain is a prominent landmark in Southern Alberta, Canada as well as in Northern Montana in the United States. ... Glacier National Park is a National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. ... A state of the United States (U.S. state) is any one of the fifty states, four of which officially favor the term commonwealth which, along with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... Official language(s) English Capital Helena Largest city Billings Area  - Total  - Width  - Length  - % water  - Latitude  - Longitude Ranked 4th 381,156 km² 410 km 1,015 km 1 44°26 N to 49° N 104°2 W to 116°2 W Population  - Total (2000)  - Density Ranked 44th 1,087,340 2. ... Motto: Fortis et Liber (Latin: Strong and free) Official languages English Capital Edmonton Largest city Calgary Lieutenant-Governor Norman Kwong Premier Ralph Klein (PC) Parliamentary representation  - House seat  - Senate seats 28 6 Area Total  â€¢ Land  â€¢ Water    (% of total)  Ranked 6th (provinces and territories) 661,848 km² 642,317 km² 19... White Goat Wilderness Area, Alberta, Canada The Rocky Mountains, often called the Rockies, are a broad mountain range in western North America. ... The Great Plains is the broad expanse of prairie which lies east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States of America and Canada, covering all or parts of the U.S. states of New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota and the... Prairie refers to an area of land in North America of low topographic relief that principally supports grasses and herbs, with few trees, and is generally of a mesic (moderate or temperate) climate. ... Waterton Lakes National Park is a national park located in the extreme southwest corner of Alberta, Canada and borders Glacier National Park in Montana, USA. Waterton Lakes NP was Canadas fourth national park, formed in 1895 and named after Waterton Lake. ... Glacier National Park is a National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. ... View from Rocky Mountain Peak Lewis and Clark National Forest by Josh Whitmore Lewis and Clark National Forest is located in north central Montana, United States. ... The Blackfeet Indian Reservation or Blackfeet Nation is an Indian reservation of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana in the United States. ... US BLM logo The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior which administers Americas public lands, totaling 262 million acres (1,060,000 km²) or one-eighth of the landmass of the country. ... Species B. bison B. bonasus B. priscus Bison is a taxonomic genus containing six species of large even-toed ungulates within the subfamily Bovinae. ... Lewis and Clark The Lewis and Clark expedition (1804–1806) was the first United States overland expedition to the Pacific coast and back, led by Captain Meriwether Lewis and Second Lieutenant William Clark, of the US Army. ... Grizzly may refer to: The Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilis), a subspecies of the Brown Bear (Ursus arctos). ...

External links

• Information page on the Front
• Wilderness Society fights to protect the front
• Hiking trails