Canadian Escarpment



The Canadian Escarpment is part of the southernmost subrange of the Rocky Mountains, in the Las Vegas, NM  area. It straddles  the  boundary  between  the  High  Plains  and  Southern  Rocky  Mountain  physiographic  provinces, north of the Canadian River. It is  situated  near the Las  Vegas  Plateau,  which  is  bounded  by the Sangre  de  Cristo  Mountains. The elevation  of  the  area  ranges  from  about  6,400-6,800 ft; the mountains to the west attain elevations of 10,500 ft.