High Country Trail: Along the Continental Divide
Type
Book
Authors
Category
Travel
[ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1981
Publisher
Pages
199
Tags
Description
Out of an anvil-shaped mass of clouds, "rounded blooms erupted and turned from purest white to mauve, then to pink, salmon, and orange. From the flattened underside of the anvil, lavender curtains of rain swept down to the green hills below, parted every few seconds by streaking touches of pastel lightning. The clouds, the colors, and the lightning were all reflected in the muted mirror of Heart Lake."
Two men stood transfixed by the scene. "The most spectacular single sight" of his trip along three thousand miles of Continental Divide, said writer Mike Robbins. "Cosmic," said photographer Paul Chesley.
The two men, teamed to produce this book, absorbed impressions and experienced marvels up and down the length of the Divide, the rugged backbone of the Rocky Mountains that separates eastward-draining waters from those flowing westward. Mike and Paul started at the U.S.-Mexico border and worked their way north through five states, three national parks, 25 national forests, and across deserts, plateaus, and meadows ablaze with delicate alpine blooms.
They explored sunbaked Indian ruins, watched Navajo weavers at work, and horsepacked along misty ridges. They went crosscountry skiing and rafting and built an igloo of wind-packed snow.
They camped under the stars on sand dunes and watched cowboys herd feral horses. They listened to the eerie night cry of a mountain lion and savored the stillness of remote areas of Yellowstone National Park, where they wandered through zones of steaming geysers and boiling creeks. They heard glaciers mutter and rumble.
And always they hiked, trudging northward through the changing seasons.
They paused to talk with trailblazers, ranchers, climbers, miners, cowboys, ski patrolmen, and rangers. They tell their stories with vivid illustrations and a sprightly text and bring to stunning life a high country tail - a pathway in the clouds along the Continental Divide.
Taken from the front inside flap.
Two men stood transfixed by the scene. "The most spectacular single sight" of his trip along three thousand miles of Continental Divide, said writer Mike Robbins. "Cosmic," said photographer Paul Chesley.
The two men, teamed to produce this book, absorbed impressions and experienced marvels up and down the length of the Divide, the rugged backbone of the Rocky Mountains that separates eastward-draining waters from those flowing westward. Mike and Paul started at the U.S.-Mexico border and worked their way north through five states, three national parks, 25 national forests, and across deserts, plateaus, and meadows ablaze with delicate alpine blooms.
They explored sunbaked Indian ruins, watched Navajo weavers at work, and horsepacked along misty ridges. They went crosscountry skiing and rafting and built an igloo of wind-packed snow.
They camped under the stars on sand dunes and watched cowboys herd feral horses. They listened to the eerie night cry of a mountain lion and savored the stillness of remote areas of Yellowstone National Park, where they wandered through zones of steaming geysers and boiling creeks. They heard glaciers mutter and rumble.
And always they hiked, trudging northward through the changing seasons.
They paused to talk with trailblazers, ranchers, climbers, miners, cowboys, ski patrolmen, and rangers. They tell their stories with vivid illustrations and a sprightly text and bring to stunning life a high country tail - a pathway in the clouds along the Continental Divide.
Taken from the front inside flap.
Number of Copies
1
