Rocky Mountains - the chief mountain range of western North America; extends from British Columbia to northern New Mexico; forms the continental divideMount Elbert - the highest peak in the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado (14,431 feet high) North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama Pike's Peak - a mountain peak in the Rockies in central Colorado (14,109 feet high) San Juan Mountains - a mountain range in southwestern Colorado that is part of the Rocky Mountains Wheeler Peak - a mountain peak in northeastern New Mexico in the Rocky Mountains |