The Canadian Rockies

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The Canadian Rockies
From the vast dimensionless grasslands of the central plains of North America to the dynamic salt sea of the Pacific Ocean there is an undulating world of ice and snow, rocky peaks and verdant valleys, a land of glaciers and rivers, of wild-life and flowers traversed timidly by sinuous railways and highways.
This is the world of mountains the massive stone cordillera which forms the twisted, folded backbone of the North American continent. From the isthmus of Panama to the frozen Bering Strait they stretch, a wild mgged line of wilderness, long a barrier to transcontinental travel, and now a retreat from urban living.
Approached from the west, the Rockies are part of a sea of mountains folding eastward, and the magnificence of discovery is lost. But westbound travellers see them rising on the prairie horizon for hours, a seemingly impenetrable wall of stone jutting skyward from the low foothills and level prairie.
The power of mountains inspires not only... Tovább

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The Canadian Rockies
From the vast dimensionless grasslands of the central plains of North America to the dynamic salt sea of the Pacific Ocean there is an undulating world of ice and snow, rocky peaks and verdant valleys, a land of glaciers and rivers, of wild-life and flowers traversed timidly by sinuous railways and highways.
This is the world of mountains the massive stone cordillera which forms the twisted, folded backbone of the North American continent. From the isthmus of Panama to the frozen Bering Strait they stretch, a wild mgged line of wilderness, long a barrier to transcontinental travel, and now a retreat from urban living.
Approached from the west, the Rockies are part of a sea of mountains folding eastward, and the magnificence of discovery is lost. But westbound travellers see them rising on the prairie horizon for hours, a seemingly impenetrable wall of stone jutting skyward from the low foothills and level prairie.
The power of mountains inspires not only artists but men and women who see the mountains as a challenge. They come to the peaks with pitons, ice axes and ropes, to the slopes with skis and to the turbulent rivers with kayaks and mbber rafts. They come to share the mountains with the wildlife and to recapture that feeling of communion with nature on a grand scale which is so often lost to the urban dweller Visitors here come for renewal, both physical and spiritual, and to test themselves against nature.
The mountains are so many things to so many people that it is difficult to capture them from the viewpoint of one individual. But whoever the visitor, and whatever the nature of the visit, the Rockies are certain to offer recreation and renewal to all. Vissza