Northwest section of the Front Range, in the central Rocky Mountains , U.S. Averaging a height of 10,000 ft (3,050 m), the mountains run southeast for about 100 mi (160 km) from Medicine Bow, Wyo.
, to Cameron Pass, Colo., just northwest of Rocky Mountain National Park . The highest summit, Medicine Bow Peak, reaches 12,014 ft (3,662 m). The name refers to the practices of local Indians, who collected wood for bows in the area and held ceremonial medicine dances.