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Big Horn Mountains

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Big Horn Mountains 

a mountain range in the Rocky Mountains of the USA. Length, about 200 km. The highest point is Cloud Peak, 4,015 m. Its relative height above the level of the Great Plains plateau is 1,200–1,500 m. The axial part is complex, with Precambrian granites, and there are sedimentary rocks of Paleozoic and Mezozoic origin along the edges. The vegetation is mountain-steppe, mountain-pine, and fir forest, and also subalpine sparse forests. On the 400,000 hectares there are national forests, used for recreation and tourism.



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Working ranch chores are incorporated into the stay with the opportunity to move cattle to new pastures, check and mend fences and camp overnight in the Big Horn Mountains.
The following snow amounts were reported in the Big Horn Mountains and adjacent foothills: 25 inches 2E Burgess Junction, 22 inches in Burgess Junction, 8 inches in Story and 9 inches 12WNW Dayton.
Ar yr wythfed dydd ar hugain o Chwefror y cychwynodd yr expedition allan i'r Big Horn Mountains ag o'r dydd cyntaf i'r olaf yr oedd y thermometer below zero, ag am 13 days yn 26 standard below.
 
 
 
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