The Alpine Garden is a broad plateau, high above the treeline on the eastern shoulder of Mout Washington. You can visit it this spring without having to climb to more than 4,000 feet.For $65, you can ...

A lover of wildflowers, my mother is 85 and has never set foot in an alpine flower garden, until this week.She never hiked, though she has loved to walk the flat, forested trails of New Hampshire for ...

Glacier buttercup, Ranunculus glacialis, in front of the Rutor glacier, Italy. (Photo courtesy G. Losapio and co-authors) Scientists studying the effects of glacial melt say a quarter of alpine flower ...

ASPEN ” Having trouble believing it’s July already? Wondering how you’re going to squeeze in all your outdoor adventures? Well, the alpine wildflowers understand. They have about six weeks a year to ...

This summer, undergraduate students Max Wasser and Grace Kendziorski are spending time hiking in the mountains—and trapping pikas and counting flowers. CU Boulder student Grace Kendziorski studies the ...

Fragile flowers only inches high form colorful mats and cushions of bloom from late June through early August on the tundra, an ecosystem that starts where the trees stop at about 11,500 feet. This ...

A new flower has bloomed for the first time in the Betty Ford Alpine Gardens, and it bears the name of a woman who has been instrumental in supporting the garden’s protection and growth over the years ...

Miss DEANS has prepared an excellent translation of Dr. Hegi's handy little book, “Alpenflora”, which should be very useful to visitors to the Alps who may wish to identify the flowers they come ...

The flowers are in full bloom along many hiking trails in the High County and besides being mesmerized by their color, intricate detail and pure beauty, you may be curious about the types of plants ...