Alpine

Low bushes, lichens, small plants and rocks in a harsh weather climate.

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The weathered white spines of a dead pine krummholz stick out from the low green bushes.

Glen Boulder Trail - Krummholz Driftwood

When krummholz dies, we can see in its driftwood branches the effects of as many as one hundred and fifty years of prevailing winds and wicked storms.

See also…

Directissima / Glen Boulder / Lost Pond Loop

Glen Boulder Trail

Krummholz

Driftwood

8/1/2001

A cairn marks a sandy trail that laces the pine krummholz

Glen Boulder Trail - A Cairn Just Below Glen Boulder

On the Glen Boulder Trail just below Glen Boulder the combination of rocks, sandy trail and krummholz forms a natural prototype for the "oriental garden". The cairn marks the trail, but also offers a fascinating ordered accent.

In the remote distance you can see the Osgood Ridge heading up toward the summit of Mt. Madison. The ridge directly across the ravine is an unnamed ridge beyond which lies the Gulf Of Slides. Just barely visible beyond it (above and to the right of the cairn tip) is the Boot Spur.