MONTANA
he first time I hiked the Highline Trail in Glacier National Park, Montana, I fell under the spell of subalpine country [the cool, largely coniferous biotic zone in western North America]. Patches of mist danced like fairies, shining the sedge grass with tiny droplets of water and gentling the sun’s rays. A couple of miles later down the trail, a mountain goat looked down from a rock ledge at a sight that was
