Front Range ?? Huh (Denver, Colorado Springs, Pueblo: slabs, rated, cities)

[OutOfSoCal]

I have seen this term used over and over again. I always though the "front range" was North East of Denver. But the more I see it that doesn't make sense. Am i missing something? what exactly is the "front range"

Thanx future neighbors

[vfrpilot]

Nowadays 'Front Range' is a term to describe the I-25 corridor from Pueblo north to Ft Collins. I think it actually was used for somewhere else a long time ago. Perhaps a longtime resident could elaborate.

[BillRadio]

The Front Range is a mountain range on the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains in the United States, and along the western edge of the Great Plains. The range lies within the State of Colorado, and runs roughly north-south, from near the Wyoming-Colorado border to south-central Colorado. The range contains the largest peaks along the eastern edge of the Rockies. The highest mountain peak in the Front Range is Grays Peak. Other notable mountains include Torreys Peak, Mount Evans, Longs Peak, Pikes Peak, and Mount Bierstadt.

The name "Front Range" is also applied to the Front Range Urban Corridor, the populated region of Colorado on the plains just east of the range centered on the city of Denver and extending south to Colorado Springs and Pueblo and north to Ft. Collins.

[twasbrillignslithy]

it's actually a geological term. it refers to the smaller 'mountains' on the flanks of the range (could be any range depending on the geology of the area-but is used most commonly to refer to the majority of the lenght of the eastern-most range in Co. it's formed by harder sedimentary rocks (stratified rocks) that dip to the east .. behind these uplifted sedimentary rocks there are regions of somewhat lower elevation because water erosion has removed softer sedimentary rocks that once were uplifted with the metamorphic & igneous cores os the ranges. eg. Boulder is located within the Front Range between the eastward-dipping (angled) more resistenta sedimentary rocks along the mountain flanks. There may be sevelar layer of resistant-eroded-resistant-eroded rocks comprising the E-W thickness of)front range in its entirity. seen from a distance these resistant slabs that 'front' the high portions of the range may resemble a string of old-fashioned 'flat irons'...which is what individual portions of the N-S uplift -separated by stream erosion from otherss are called by geologists.

[jazzlover]

Some experts claim that Pikes Peak really isn't part of the Front Range, as it differs in origin and geology from the Front Range proper. South of Pikes Peak, the Greenhorn Mountains are the easternmost mountain range, followed by the eastern slopes of the Sangre de Cristos as one goes farther south into New Mexico.

Economically, the Front Range essentially extends from Cheyenne, Wyoming south to Pueblo, Colorado, though both of those towns debate whether they are really part of the rest of the Front Range. Both are one heck of lot different than the rest of the Front Range cities in their size, economic base, etc.