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We live about 12 miles SW of Rapid. Our Black Hills are more “user friendly” than the Rockies’.
One of the reasons we want to live in the Black Hills, besides being considerably warmer, is being several hundred miles closer to the Rockies. We like the national forests, trails, campgrounds, wildlife, awesome beauty, lack of people, etc.
But the Rockies, like you said, are not user friendly in the winter.