What to see in America . 410 What to See in America. in the Rocky MountainNational Park, wherethe annual snowfall isless than ten feet, theglaciers do not extendmuch lower than 12,000feet above the sea the snow piles up itgradually solidifies intoice, and when the iceattains sufficient thick-ness it begins to move,if there is any down-ward path of escape,and becomes a by side in thepark are the two dom-inating heights, LongsPeak, 14,255 feet high,and Mt. Meeker, a triflelower. Longs Peak is a vast wild monolith of granite thatis usually nearly free of ice and snow. It is
What to see in America . 410 What to See in America. in the Rocky MountainNational Park, wherethe annual snowfall isless than ten feet, theglaciers do not extendmuch lower than 12,000feet above the sea the snow piles up itgradually solidifies intoice, and when the iceattains sufficient thick-ness it begins to move,if there is any down-ward path of escape,and becomes a by side in thepark are the two dom-inating heights, LongsPeak, 14,255 feet high,and Mt. Meeker, a triflelower. Longs Peak is a vast wild monolith of granite thatis usually nearly free of ice and snow. It is a hard daysclimb to the summit. There is perhaps no place in theRocky Mountains where the curious gnarled and stuntedtrees which develop near timber line can be seen to betteradvantage than on the side of Longs Peak. They occupya narrow belt at an altitude of about 11,500 feet. The samespecies of trees which, lower down, are tall and straight, arehere strangely dwarfed and twisted. These stunted treesgrow very slowly. The average trunk or branch in
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