Southern Rockies state (8)

I believe the answer is:

colorado

(Other definitions for colorado that I've seen before include "American river" , "Boulder's state" , "Denver's state" , "US state has a cool road, oddly" , "in America?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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