This is the Rocky Mountains chapter from Lonely Planet’s USA guidebook.

The high backbone of the lower 48, the Rockies is nature on steroids, with rows of snowcapped peaks, rugged canyons and wild rivers running buckshot all over Western states. With its beauty and vitality, no wonder that a hundred years ago ailing patients came here with last-ditch hopes to be cured.

• Exploring the urban outdoor mecca of Boulder
• maps
• Reveling in Hollywood gone cowboy in Aspen
• transport
• restaurants & accommodation
• Hiking and climbing in Grand Teton National Park

Coverage includes: Colorado, Denver, Front Range, Central & Northern Mountains, Southern Colorado, Wyoming, Cheyenne, Lander, Cody, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Jackson, Montana, Bozeman, Gallatin & Paradise Valleys, Absaroka Beartooth Wilderness, Billings, Helena, Missoula, Flathead Lake, Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex, Whitefish, Glacier National Park, Idaho, Boise, Ketchum & Sun Valley, Idaho Panhandle and Idaho Panhandle.