. A guide to the national parks of America. i6i;red on irst to i, iteatin-l-inersthein. ns:f-toidr->nie. TRAVEL GUIDE MAP OF MT. RAINIER PARK, WASH. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 161 from which sometimes they emerge coveredwith snow. Often one can see a thunderstorm born onthe square granite head of Longs Peak. Firstout of the blue sky a slight mist seems togather. In a few moments, while you watch, itbecomes a tiny cloud. This grows with greatrapidity. In five minutes, perhaps, the moun-tain top is hidden. Then, out of nothing, ap-parently, the cloud swells and sweeps over thesky. Sometimes
. A guide to the national parks of America. i6i;red on irst to i, iteatin-l-inersthein. ns:f-toidr->nie. TRAVEL GUIDE MAP OF MT. RAINIER PARK, WASH. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK 161 from which sometimes they emerge coveredwith snow. Often one can see a thunderstorm born onthe square granite head of Longs Peak. Firstout of the blue sky a slight mist seems togather. In a few moments, while you watch, itbecomes a tiny cloud. This grows with greatrapidity. In five minutes, perhaps, the moun-tain top is hidden. Then, out of nothing, ap-parently, the cloud swells and sweeps over thesky. Sometimes in 15 minutes after the firsttiny fleck of mist appears it is raining in thevalley and possibly snowing on the half an hour more it has cleared. Standing on the summits of these mountainsthe climber is often enveloped in these brief-lived clouds. It is an impressive experience tolook down upon the top of an ocean of cloudfrom which the greater peaks emerge at inter-vals. Sometimes the sun is shining on the ob-server upon the heights while it is raining inthe valleys below. It is startling
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