2015年2月5日 星期四

2012 大提頓國家公園之旅—10/3 Teton Park Rd. South→North

繼續北上,行駛在Teton Park Rd.。


遠遠看到路的右側聚集了一些遊客。順著他們遠眺的方向望去,是一大群的Elk正在快速移動著!

整整一大群老弱婦孺,被這唯一的一隻公Elk驅趕著。



說【驅趕】,真的不為過!遠遠就聽到牠嚴厲的催促聲,並且不時貼近那些脫隊的、搞不清狀況的【天兵】,像是在催促著牠們。


Elk群移動的速度很快,想要跟上拍照,我們三人(女兒、兒子和我)也跟著跑了起來,可惜我幾乎沒照到什麼,因為年紀大了實在跑不動!



終於全趕進樹叢中了,這隻公Elk才放慢了腳步。想想也對,一大群Elk在沒啥遮蔽物的草原移動,對首領而言是不小的壓力,躲進樹叢後才不容易被當成目標。

Cathedral Group Turnout,這是轉進Jenny Lake這條單行道之後的一個Turnout。

為什麼稱為The Cathedral Group呢?維基百科裡這樣解說:The Cathedral Group is a term applied to a collection of most of the tallest mountains of the Teton Range, all of which are located in Grand Teton National Park, in the U.S. state of Wyoming. The collection of mountains known as the Cathedral Group are classic alpine peaks, with Pyramidal shapes caused by glacial motion.
The highest peak in the group is Grand Teton which rises more than 7,000 feet (2,100 m) above Jackson Hole valley, and is the second tallest mountain in Wyoming, after Gannett Peak. The Cathedral Group is separated by other tall peaks of the range by the Cascade Canyon to the north and Death Canyon to the south.


說明牌上將每個山峰清楚標示,也解說了一地質現象,讓有興趣的旅客能更加清楚。




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