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265 Shares If getting deep into the wilderness heart of the Gore Range is your goal, there are few better objectives than the range’s highpoint, Mount Powell. (Provided by Ben Conners) Grand commissioners briefly considered a proposal from Summit County commissioners that would rename the Gore Range to the Nuchu Range. The 75-mile-long range spans across Grand, Routt, Eagle and Summit counties. Commissioner Merrit Linke made it clear he does not support the effort, and he doesn’t thin...

Dec 11, 2020, 6:00 am 2.1K Shares You’ll need to be a well-rounded and experienced mountaineer to bag Mount Powell in the Gore Range. (Provided by Ben Conners) The Gore Range has been called the “Alaska of Colorado”: rugged, steep and with painfully few trails getting deep into the mountains. That means aside from a few popular spots right around the edges, these mountains are wonderfully overlooked — a rarity so close to the populous Front Range. Winter’s snowstorms and cold t...