Mountain states

The Mountain states are considered to include: Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.

These are oriented north-south through portions of the states of Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, and New Mexico.

Most regional boundaries of the Mountain West are often looked at the area from the High Plains to the Sierra Nevada and the Cascade Range.

Its physical geography ranges from some of the highest mountain peaks in the continental United States to large desert lands and rolling plains in the eastern portion of the region.

Colorado also has scattered desert lands in the southern and northwestern portions of the state, including the expansive San Luis Valley.

These plains mainly consist of flat rolling land, with scattered buttes, canyons, and forests located in these areas.

Many people view the High Plains as the point where one begins to enter the greater Mountain West region.

The states of Nevada and Arizona are generally filled with desert lands and scattered mountain ranges.

Northern and northeastern Arizona display characteristics of a "High Desert", where the summers are very hot and dry, while the winters can become very cold, and it can snow as well.

Mountain Time is observed in nearly the entire division, except Nevada (all but the stateline city of West Wendover) and the Idaho Panhandle.

Daylight saving time is not observed in Arizona, except for lands within the Navajo Nation (northeast corner of the state) which observe daylight saving time due to the Nation traversing state lines.

Regional definitions vary from source to source. The states shown in dark red are always included, while the striped states are usually considered part of the same region called the Mountain States.
The Teton Mountain Range in Wyoming , a subset of the Rocky Mountains
Map of the Rocky Mountains of western North America .
The bottom of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona
Great Sand Dunes National Park in Colorado
Snow on the Great Basin Desert of Nevada
The Painted Desert in northeastern Arizona
Mount Elbert in the Sawatch Range of Colorado is the highest peak of the Rocky Mountains and the Mountain states.
Downtown Phoenix
Downtown Denver
The Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta
Ethnic origins in Mountain West
The skyline of Salt Lake City
Evening comes to Tucson
Albuquerque skyline with the Sandia Mountains in the distance
The skyline of Colorado Springs with the Front Range in the background
The Idaho State Capitol in Boise