| 单词 | timberline |
| 例句 | I walked in the direction from which we had come, and when I reached the timberline, I collected wood broken from the cherry tree, the peony, and the walnut, which is the tree of life. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Squinting against the gray glare and against the cold and by now steady wind that made his eyes water, he searched the opposite timberline for the gunman, but could see nothing. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z A fierce electrical storm is also approaching, creating astounding effects upon those characters — several groups are frantically on the move now — who decide the best hide-outs are high above the timberline. ‘Those Who Wish Me Dead,’ a Michael Koryta Novel 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z Their marriage has “reached the timberline of their affection,” but they don’t notice yet. From the ‘Lemony ’ author, an adult novel of upper-middle-class despair 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The portrait of Sessions is of a man for whom merely ordering lunch seems to be above the timberline of his intellect and curiosity. In ‘The Threat,’ Andrew McCabe Issues the Latest Warning Call About Trump’s America 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z Found from the coast to the timberline, blueberries are in the same family as the huckleberry. 3 recipes to capture pleasantly plump blueberries while they're fresh 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z State Parks and Recreation Director Cody Schulz said the campground will be built on former agricultural land on the gorge’s timberline. North Dakota plans new state park near Canadian border 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z The Polar Star Inn is just below timberline on the west side of New York Mountain. Colorado man dies while skiing to backcountry lodge 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z Hood to Coast is a 35-leg relay that starts at the timberline Lodge on Mount Hood and ends at the coast in Seaside. Actor, comedian Kevin Hart runs in Hood to Coast relay 2016-08-29T04:00:00Z Dense beech and oak forests blanket Eastern Europe, and thin strands of dwarf pine mark the Alpine timberline. Sustainability: Five steps for managing Europe's forests 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Success rates with air bags seem to be higher in places where avalanches slide mostly above timberline, like Alaska and Europe. Q. and A.: The Avalanche at Tunnel Creek 2012-12-22T07:55:00Z Nowhere else is the timberline struggle between the trees and the winds more grotesquely exemplified or its scene more easily accessible to visitors of average climbing ability. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z The cirques and broad mountain valleys above timberline are studded with cobalt blue lakes, and carpeted with multicolored beds of flowers. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z Like most bristlecones, those in this grove sit amid some of the world’s harshest conditions at timberline, adjacent to a field of giant boulders and a glacier. Thriving in Harsh Settings, Old Trees May Soon Meet Their Match 2010-09-27T22:47:00Z They studied seven resorts of differing sizes close to Lake Tahoe in northern California and Nevada, all of which had most of their ski runs below the timberline. 2009-12-28T05:18:00Z The single male from Summit Pass in British Columbia was taken above timberline. Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway Above timberline the bare mountain masses rise from one to three thousand feet, often in sheer precipices. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Mountain climbing, exploring Sperry Glacier, fishing in nearby Lake Ellen Wilson, and meeting mountain goats are the chief diversions of this entrancing spot, located at timberline. Glacier National Park [Montana] 2011-06-21T02:00:29.217Z Beech trees appear at all elevations between 3,000 feet and the timberline. Area Handbook for Albania All have had to cross their Badlands, ride roughshod above the timberline or grab for cover to avoid a ricochet. The Land of Look Behind Alcorn took this specimen in an area above timberline where a low growth of willow was the dominant vegetation. Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway Here, close to timberline, the watershed between the two oceans is again crossed. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z In another ten minutes they would be above the timberline and the full force of the storm would hit them. The Thirst Quenchers The oval bowl I estimated to be fifteen miles long by about half as wide, its sides formed of mountain slopes densely wooded up to bleak timberline. A Mountain Boyhood Now half way through this wilderness of ice, snow, and bursting glasciers is a cave not in a valley but on a mountain above timberline. Black Beaver The Trapper Specimens were taken above timberline, along roads, in grassy areas which had been cleared of timber, and in low vegetation bordering streams. Mammals taken Along the Alaska Highway It emerges above timberline, overlooking Emerald Lake and Tyndall Glacier, and commands spectacular views of Longs Peak and other mountains, both in the park and in distant ranges. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Out of the worst of the wind, they skied easily back down towards the timberline. The Thirst Quenchers Upon my first climb to the top of Long's Peak alone, I halted above timberline and stared about in amazement at the wide stretches of rock-strewn slopes. A Mountain Boyhood His prediction that coyotes would take to the hills and feel29 as much at home high above timberline as in the flats had come to pass. The Yellow Horde Biter and bitten transfused with fear, the timberline behind, the snow alone welcoming, ironically the glacier meets another glacier and only glacier gives refuge to glacier's hunted. Greener Than You Think The grassy slopes above timberline, bedecked with exquisite alpine flowers, afford good summer grazing for elk and mountain sheep. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z For one month after the first snowfall he digs a hole beneath a rock, somewhere above timberline, and falls into a torpor, using no food for thirty days. Maw's Vacation The Story of a Human Being in the Yellowstone The sun rose, but not the temperature; powdery snow swirled around the heads of the peaks; clouds swept above the ridges, flayed and torn; from above timberline came the roar of the wind. A Mountain Boyhood But there were trees on all the lower slopes, and there was not really a timberline. The Pirates of Ersatz The sheep and goats are pastured on the high mountain sides and in the grassy meadows at or above timberline. The School Book of Forestry After descending to timberline on the western slope, the trail leads through evergreen forests, along the North Inlet to Grand Lake. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z He blew across Chilcoot Pass, above timberline, in the first swirl of autumn snow. The Red One I trailed up the ca�on I had struggled through in the darkness; and except for the final stretch of the steep mountain above timberline the snowshoeing was nothing except plain hard work. A Mountain Boyhood Meadows, little strips of alpine freshness, begin before the timberline is reached. The Land of Little Rain One day she climbed the Long's Peak trail to timberline, and had tea at Timberline Cabin with Albert Edward Cobbins. Fanny Herself It is one of the many glacial lakes of the park, and lies just below timberline at an altitude of 10,950 feet. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z Last summer I gained the summit from the south side, in a day and a half from the timberline, without encountering any desperate obstacles that could not in some way be passed in good weather. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon I saw them below timberline pursuing snowshoe rabbits many times their size. A Mountain Boyhood High as the camp may be, so it is not above timberline, it is not too high for the coyote, the bobcat, or the wolf. The Land of Little Rain Soon she had left the tortured, wind-twisted timberline trees far behind. Fanny Herself The largest lakes of Wild Basin—Thunder Lake and Bluebird Lake—are both above timberline but are easily accessible by trails. Rocky Mountain [Colorado] National Park 2011-11-05T02:00:11.333Z The other is found here and there well up toward the edge of the timberline. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon That was how I came to be camped at timberline above Allen's Park when the big forest fire set the region south of it ablaze. A Mountain Boyhood This immortal shrub spreads down into Death Valley and up to the lower timberline, odorous and medicinal as you might guess from the name, wandlike, with shining fretted foliage. The Land of Little Rain Still higher up the sallow forest of lodgepole pines began; and above these, beyond the timberline, rose the bald summit itself. Bull Hunter The southern timberline lay far behind him, and to the north there was no timber for three hundred miles. Isobel : a Romance of the Northern Trail Here we lay as best we could, waiting for another day, without fire of course, as we were now many miles beyond the timberline and without much to cover us. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon Around and just below timberline are many lakes, and miles of marshy, boggy land. A Mountain Boyhood I thought of a summer in Norrland, in Sweden, in the stone-and-birch waste which forms the timberline, where I had also encountered the mist pools. Over Prairie Trails He rode a fine bay gelding, and had stopped Bill to ask some questions about the region above the timberline because he was drifting south and intended to cross the summits. Bull Hunter The stream was swelling and rising steadily; already it had nearly reached the level of the timberline on the left bank; the blockade was extending up-stream almost to the bridge itself. The Iron Trail Bryanthus, a beautiful flowering heathwort, flourishes a few hundred feet above the timberline, accompanied with kalmia and spiraea. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon I was near timberline in the Rabbit Ear mountains when first I heard their distant baying and caught sight of them far down a narrow valley, mere moving specks. A Mountain Boyhood They formed an unbroken, threadlike stream extending from timberline to crest, each individual being dwarfed to microscopic proportions by the size of his surroundings. The Winds of Chance They won't be no trails left to find above the timberline. Bull Hunter Two hours after leaving the Nautilus, we had cleared the timberline, and 100 feet above our heads stood the mountain peak, forming a dark silhouette against the brilliant glare that came from its far slope. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea All of it wraps and knots to a riddle: I have the moon, the timberline, and you. The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets Every trail, even across windswept bare rocks high above the timberline, as is the Long's Peak trail, has occasional deposits of soft sand in which footprints may be imprinted. A Mountain Boyhood The grizzly emerged above timberline near where I sat and galloped straight for a pass that overlooked the deep ca�ons, dark forests and rocky ridges on the other side of the range. A Mountain Boyhood There would probably be no use for the snowshoes in this region of broken shrubbery before he came to the timberline. Bull Hunter There were thrilling tales of bear fights; of battles with arctic storms above timberline; of finding rich gold-strikes and losing them again. A Mountain Boyhood Is it not enough to rest with your mate at timberline, in bushes that hug the rocks? The Second Book of Modern Verse; a selection from the work of contemporaneous American poets Late in the evening she descended the trough, a steep rock-filled gully that extends far below the timberline. A Mountain Boyhood As soon as they discovered me tracking them, they took to an old game trail that climbed several thousand feet in ten miles distance and headed toward the timberline. A Mountain Boyhood He was approaching the timberline where trees stand as high as a man and little higher. Bull Hunter Thus one day, with sunshine overhead and peaceful murmurs below, I stood upon a rock spire upthrust from the slope of Mount Chapin, watching a band of Bighorn sheep above timberline. A Mountain Boyhood Above timberline were the ptarmigan, always easy targets for a well-aimed stone. A Mountain Boyhood The wind that met us at the timberline halted our horses, even jolted them off the trail. A Mountain Boyhood A buck deer left off polishing his new horns on a scraggly timberline tree to look at me. A Mountain Boyhood Then, far off, he would hear a wave of the storm begin, wash across a crest, thunder in a canyon, and then break on the timberline with a prolonged and mighty roaring. Bull Hunter But there was a strange bird above timberline, the ptarmigan, the arctic quail of the north—fool hens, the Parson told me. A Mountain Boyhood The clouds had shut down over the peaks, leveling their tops to timberline. A Mountain Boyhood We were to spend the day above timberline, where we hoped to identify the distant mountain ranges, observe the wild life close at hand and collect flower specimens. A Mountain Boyhood I was becoming numb, but in half an hour I safely reached the dwarf trees at timberline and plunged through them to a dense grove of spruce. A Mountain Boyhood Yonder was the dark streak of the timberline again. Bull Hunter The most striking thing I discovered about the timberline trees was their irregularity. A Mountain Boyhood The sheep climbed where the wind would keep their tables, spread with sweet cured grass, swept free of snow, and had placed the barrier of timberline drifts between them and their enemies! A Mountain Boyhood Near the timberline we emerged into a little grassy glade beside a rushing stream. A Mountain Boyhood I followed the sheep's up above timberline—they grew plainer and more numerous. A Mountain Boyhood But Bull that they'd always looked down on for a big good-for-nothing hulk—Bull stepped out and took my trail on foot and hit across the mountains in a storm, above the timberline! Bull Hunter In and out of the dense forest I blundered; crashed through the tangle at timberline; toiled up the rocky ridges. A Mountain Boyhood The days I spent above timberline were the most wonderful of all. A Mountain Boyhood We climbed above timberline, headed through Storm Pass, and finally reached Keyhole without a single incident to mar the perfect day. A Mountain Boyhood I was interested to learn if the little haycocks were blown away by the timberline gales, so returned later, not really expecting to find them. A Mountain Boyhood Occasionally I left my gun at home and found that I rambled the heights above timberline in a changed mood from when I carried it. A Mountain Boyhood There were vivid, emerald lakes everywhere—some lost in the woods near the river, others pocketed behind the ridges, while still more could be seen up above naked timberline. A Mountain Boyhood September advanced; the aspen trees near timberline turned to gold; from day to day those lower down turned also until a vast richly colored rug covered the mountain sides. A Mountain Boyhood Proceeding upward through the shadowy, moon-flecked forest, we sang songs, shouted, listened to the far-away calls of the coyotes in the valley below, and from timberline saw the distant lights of Denver. A Mountain Boyhood For miles I followed the strange, fantastic timberline. A Mountain Boyhood This first camp was just below timberline, at an altitude of eleven thousand feet or more. A Mountain Boyhood In the Rockies, around timberline, gales often reach a velocity of a hundred miles, or more, an hour. A Mountain Boyhood Now, like the sheep, I would take advantage of those wind-swept stretches above timberline. A Mountain Boyhood The searching party found it almost impossible to battle their way above the timberline and after many ineffectual attempts, they returned, nearly frozen, without tidings of the lost girl. A Mountain Boyhood They stalked the ptarmigan above timberline, and the grouse that had migrated up the slopes to winter, below it, and accounted for the death of many. A Mountain Boyhood Yet, on the days when I climbed above the timberline, no matter the weather, they were always there, contentedly feeding on the sweet, early-cured tufts of grass that the raging alpine gales kept uncovered. A Mountain Boyhood In the woods it lay knee deep, while the high ridges above the timberline were swept bare by the howling wind. A Mountain Boyhood From timberline I surveyed the prospect ahead and hesitated. A Mountain Boyhood Late one fall, I climbed high above timberline on the Long's Peak trail, and, following my adventurous impulse, left the cairn-marked pathway and swung over to the big moraine that lay south. A Mountain Boyhood On those first winter excursions to the heights I marveled at the deep snowdrifts banked in the heavy Englemann forests just below timberline. A Mountain Boyhood I got out my battered old rifle, so like the timberline trees, and boldly set out for "b'ar." A Mountain Boyhood But I was on an exposed shoulder of the mountain, above timberline, and it would be impossible to live through the night without shelter and fire. A Mountain Boyhood While further exploring the ridge above the camp I came upon an old abandoned tunnel with its dump concealed among the trees below timberline. A Mountain Boyhood |
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