. A guide to the national parks of America. d strength in unionand form low, stunted groves covered withthick roofs of matted branches bent over bythe winds and so intertwined that one canscarcely see daylight overhead—excellent shel-ter for man or animal overtaken by mountain-top storms. These familiar sights of timber line arewonderfully picturesque and interesting. Theynever lose their charm, however often theymay be seen. Above timber line the bare mountain massesrise from one to three thousand feet, often insheer precipices. Covered with snow in au-tumn, winter, and spring, and plentifull
. A guide to the national parks of America. d strength in unionand form low, stunted groves covered withthick roofs of matted branches bent over bythe winds and so intertwined that one canscarcely see daylight overhead—excellent shel-ter for man or animal overtaken by mountain-top storms. These familiar sights of timber line arewonderfully picturesque and interesting. Theynever lose their charm, however often theymay be seen. Above timber line the bare mountain massesrise from one to three thousand feet, often insheer precipices. Covered with snow in au-tumn, winter, and spring, and plentifully spat-tered with snow all summer long, the vast,bare granite masses, from which, in fact, theRocky Mountains got their name, are beauti-ful beyond description. They are rosy at sun-rise and sunset. During fair and sunny daysthey show all shades of translucent grays andmauves and blues. In some lights they arealmost fairylike in their delicacy. But onstormy days they are cold and dark and for-bidding, burying their heads in gloomy clouds. i6i;red on irst to i, iteatin-l-inersthein. ns:f-toidr->nie
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