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Rocky Mountain: Driving Into Arctic Tundra on America's Highest Road
Trail Ridge Road climbs above 12,000 feet through real alpine tundra, the kind normally found hundreds of miles north. We cover why treeline sits so low here, how fragile alpine plants can take 25 years to first bloom, and why the road itself is only open about seven months a year.
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