Wild Life on the Rockies

For more than twenty years the author has walked the high country of the Rockies, cataloguing the rhythms of its forests, streams, and soaring peaks. His journals blend vivid descriptions of alpine pines, beaver lodges, and the surprising life that thrives at 13,000 feet with the quiet wonder of a lone traveler. Readers are invited to share the solitude of sunrise over Long’s Peak and the sudden drama of a mountain storm, all captured in the author’s own photographs.

During three successive winters he served as Colorado’s State Snow Observer, venturing alone into deep snow with only a camera, a notebook, and a few handfuls of raisins. The narrative follows his methodical measurements and daring climbs, while also revealing the simple pleasures of building a fire on a barren ridge and watching a ptarmigan brave the cold. This blend of scientific curiosity and heartfelt reverence makes the book a compelling portrait of wilderness life in the early twentieth‑century Rockies.