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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- A range of the Rocky Mountains in central Colorado rising to 4,399 m (14,433 ft) at Mount Elbert.
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Examples
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This beautiful drive through the San Isabel National Forest will afford picturesque views of the Sawatch Range, which is home to several of Colorado's 14ers.
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The ominous drone of the wind rivering over the Rockies blanked Carl's mind, and he stood gleaming in his armor on a ledge among the sharktooth crags of the Sawatch Range.
In Other Worlds Attanasio, A. A. 1984
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Sure, the skiing will be fantastic and the fun with old clients will be festive, but the thing that I look forward to on the highest level is being immersed in the wilds of the Sawatch Range.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Ryland Gardner Backcountry Turns Vail 2010
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Ranging from Colorado's highest mountain range - the Sawatch Range concentrated in Lake and
Aspen Times - Top Stories Scott Willoughby The Denver Post Aspen 2010
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Ranging from Colorado's highest mountain range -- the Sawatch Range concentrated in Lake and Chaffee counties -- to the technically challenging Sangre de Cristo Range spanning the New
KUSA-TV - 2010
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Second only to the Sawatch Range in concentration of the state's tallest peaks, the San Juan Range offers an entire season's worth of mountain climbing in relatively close proximity.
Aspen Times - Top Stories Scott Willoughby The Denver Post Aspen 2010
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Sure, the skiing will be fantastic and the fun with old clients will be festive, but the thing that I look forward to on the highest level is being immersed in the wilds of the Sawatch Range.
Vail Daily - Top Stories Ryland Gardner Backcountry Turns Vail 2010
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Second only to the Sawatch Range in concentration of the state's tallest peaks, the San Juan Range offers an entire season's worth of mountain climbing in relatively close proximity.
KUSA-TV - 2010
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Deep in the Central Rocky Mountains of Colorado, surrounded by the Elk Mountains and the Sawatch Range, among twenty of the states 54 famous fourteeners, lies Aspen.
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From there, he'll travel south down the Sawatch Range, then up through Breckenridge and on to peaks along the Front Range.
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