Editing Rocky Mountains (section)

===Tourism===
[[File:Steam Phase eruption of Castle geyser with double rainbow.jpg|thumb|right|[[Castle Geyser]] in [[Yellowstone National Park]]]]
[[File:Айсфилд.jpg|thumb|right|[[Alberta Highway 93#Icefields Parkway|Icefields Parkway]]]]
{{See also|List of ski areas and resorts in the United States#Rocky Mountains{{!}}List of U.S. Rocky Mountain ski resorts|List of ski areas and resorts in Canada#Alberta{{!}}List of Alberta ski resorts|List of ski areas and resorts in Canada#British Columbia{{!}}List of B.C. ski resorts}}

Every year the scenic areas of the Rocky Mountains draw millions of tourists.<ref name="USGS" /> The main language of the Rocky Mountains is English. But there are also linguistic pockets of Spanish and indigenous languages.

People from all over the world visit the sites to hike, camp, or engage in [[Mountain sport|mountain sports]].<ref name="USGS"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/rocky-mountain-national-park|title=Rocky Mountain National Park|website=National Park Foundation|language=en|access-date=August 12, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004112053/https://www.nationalparks.org/explore-parks/rocky-mountain-national-park|archive-date=October 4, 2017}}</ref> In the summer season, examples of tourist attractions are:

In the United States:
* [[Yellowstone National Park]]
* [[Glacier National Park (U.S.)|Glacier National Park]]
* [[Grand Teton National Park]]
* [[Rocky Mountain National Park]]
* [[Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve]]
* [[Sawtooth National Recreation Area]]
* [[Flathead Lake]]

In Canada, the mountain range contains these [[National Parks of Canada|national parks]]:
* [[Banff National Park]]
* [[Jasper National Park]]
* [[Kootenay National Park]]
* [[Waterton Lakes National Park]]
* [[Yoho National Park]]

Glacier National Park in Montana and Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta border each other and are collectively known as [[Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park]].

In the winter, skiing and snowboarding are the main attractions, with dozens of [[List of ski areas and resorts in the United States#Rocky Mountains|Rocky Mountain ski areas and resorts]].

The adjacent Columbia Mountains in British Columbia contain major resorts such as [[Panorama Mountain Resort|Panorama]] and [[Kicking Horse Resort|Kicking Horse]], as well as [[Mount Revelstoke National Park]] and Glacier National Park.

There are numerous [[List of provincial parks in British Columbia|provincial parks]] in the British Columbia Rockies, the largest and most notable being [[Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park]], [[Mount Robson Provincial Park]], [[Northern Rocky Mountains Provincial Park]], [[Kwadacha Wilderness Provincial Park]], [[Stone Mountain Provincial Park]] and [[Muncho Lake Provincial Park]].

[[John Denver]] wrote the song [[Rocky Mountain High]] in 1972. The song is one of the two official [[List of U.S. state songs|state songs]] of Colorado.<ref name="costatesong">{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Jennifer|title="Rocky Mountain High" now 2nd state song|url=https://www.denverpost.com/2007/03/12/rocky-mountain-high-now-2nd-state-song/|newspaper=[[The Denver Post]]|date=March 12, 2007|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=State Songs|url=https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/archives/state-songs|website=Colorado.gov|access-date=August 29, 2018}}</ref>