Colorado’s alpine tundra is most visible in Rocky Mountain National Park above 11,400 feet. It’s a spectacular environment – but cold and severe. Still, life persists. The firs and pines at the edge ...

Summer is a great time to venture above treeline into the tundra and the Rocky Mountains are dotted with multitudes of alpine lakes that create ideal destination hikes. The trailhead access for ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. On August 28, 2007, in Estes Park, ...

Located in the Colombian Andes, Sumapaz Páramo is the largest páramo ecosystem in the world. This high-altitude tundra, blanketed in unique vegetation such as frailejones and dotted with glacial lakes ...