Colorado Above Treeline

by Agnew, Jeremy

• ISBN13: 9781565794986
• ISBN10: 1565794982
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-15
• Publisher: Westcliffe Pub

Summary

For a traveler on the black ribbons of highways that stretch across the Great Plains, the sight of the Rocky Mountains rising up in the west is a majestic one; the treeless peaks shimmer in winter with a white mantle of snow and, in summer, seem to erupt through the green belt of vegetation encircling the lower slopes.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(1)
Overview Maps	8	(2)
Introduction	10	(6)
How to Use This Guide	16	(3)
Traveling Above Treeline	19	(13)
The Tundra Environment	32	(13)
Plant Communities	45	(29)
Animals at Altitude	74	(20)
Scenic Drives	94	(48)
Trail Ridge Road	96	(6)
Berthoud Pass	102	(3)
Loveland Pass	105	(3)
Mount Evans	108	(4)
Guanella Pass	112	(4)
Boreas Pass	116	(5)
Independence Pass	121	(6)
Cottonwood Pass	127	(4)
Pikes Peak	131	(6)
Greenhorn Mountain	137	(5)
4WD Trips	142	(50)
Rollins Pass	144	(4)
Waldorf	148	(4)
Mosquito Pass	152	(7)
Hagerman Pass	159	(5)
Weston Pass	164	(4)
Mount Antero	168	(4)
The Alpine Tunnel	172	(3)
Hancock Pass-Tomichi Pass	175	(4)
The Alpine Loop	179	(7)
Imogene Pass	186	(6)
Classic Hikes	192	(36)
Mohawk Lakes	194	(3)
Notch Mountain	197	(5)
Missouri Lakes and Fancy Lake Loop	202	(3)
Mount Elbert	205	(3)
Lake Ann	208	(3)
Snowmass Lake	211	(5)
Fravert Basin and Hasley Basin	216	(4)
Buffalo Peaks	220	(3)
Mount Princeton	223	(2)
Comanche-Venable Loop	225	(3)
Glossary of Tundra Terms	228	(2)
Hikes with Difficulty Ratings	230	(2)
Recommended Reading	232	(2)
Index	234