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Tag Archives: lonely planet
2012,在黄石公园(五):大提顿的天空
黄石的美不在于风景,而在地貌的奇特性和动物的多样性。这里有地热、喷泉、温泉、火山、五光十色的矿物质湖,有巍巍高山,潺潺溪水,湍急的瀑布,幽长的峡谷;也有如画的平原,奔腾的野牛,指向天空的树木,穿行林间的麋鹿和妄图过马路的小熊。但论风景,黄石不是最美的。在黄石西南一隅的大提顿,才胜在自然风光。 大提顿作为单独的一个国家公园并不算太小,然而在面积一万平方公里的黄石旁边,则显得袖珍非常。就连旅游书Long Planet也是把黄石和大提顿放在一本书里的:黄石一般需要三天甚至更多,大提顿则只需要一天。开车从北到南贯穿大提顿,是仅有的一条主要线路。 大提顿的得名来源于大提顿山,而大提顿群山的得名来自于这些平地而起的海拔三、四千米的高山,雄伟挺拔,像一组列队的士兵,而被早期的探险家如此称呼。在没有什么高山的北美大陆上,大提顿是最挑战美国登山者的几座山峰之一,我们在山下看着,只觉绿草茵茵,山势平坦,可是半山腰网上那尖锐得超过了常人想象的角度,是给予山峰壮美视觉效果的重要因素,也是许多登山者铩羽而归的原因。 我喜欢山多于海,是因为山岭有“横看成岭侧成峰”的妙处,不像大海望过去一马平川。在不同的角度看大提顿,形状是完全不同的。第一天开车去黄石的路上,日暮的大提顿让人想起格萨尔王的传奇,仿佛真有披甲士兵埋伏在山中的城堡里;在阳光下看大提顿,秀美的轮廓屹立于蓝天之下,白色石灰岩的山顶仿佛被白雪皑皑覆盖;在山脚下近处看大提顿,山峰倒映在湖面的波光粼粼之中,又是一番风味。 Jackson Village的度假村大厅有着高达十几米的落地窗,室内是美国古典乡村风格的陈设,室外是皑皑雪山,大提顿的天际线映衬着蓝天一览无余。在这样的客厅里看看书,发发呆,靠着壁炉,望着远处的高山雪峰想想心事,是所有人度假都梦寐以求的事情吧。
2012,在黄石公园(三)
吃过晚饭已经是8点。天黑黑,我们从蒙大拿州的公园北门一路奔袭到怀俄明州的公园南门。突然副驾上的Dan大喊:Stopstopstopstop!!!!我还以为撞到了什么不明生物,捂住眼睛开始大叫,Grace一脚紧急刹车,颤颤悠悠地停了下来。对面一辆车也停在那里,我们发现一只体积大如大象的野水牛从我们身边慢悠悠地走过,还是逆行…… 黄石公园的野生动物保护得极好,从19世纪野水牛被猎杀到成为濒危物种到今天的漫山遍野随处可见,自然保护区功不可没。在Lonely Planet版黄石和大提顿公园的介绍中说,在黄石公园最值得做的事情,看老忠实喷泉只占第二,第一呢?是在Lamar河谷看野生动物。 从黄石公园的南门进发,到Grand Village之后往北走,沿着黄石河逆流而上,翻过《2012》中爆发过的火山,我们的面前突然出现了一片开阔地带,这就是美丽的Lamar河谷。 Lamar valley绵延的河谷像色彩缤纷的画面,远处高山的雪水滋润了几千亩的土地。野牛在这里奔腾栖息,麋鹿在林间跳跃。雨后的群山与平缓的河谷之间,洗刷出一道巨大的彩虹。动物真会选地方,把黄石公园最美丽、最肥沃的地方当成了自己的家,在这里繁衍后代,生生不息。 东线除了Lamar Valley以外,翻山途中的几座瀑布也是黄石历史上重要的一笔。19世纪,当第一批探险家到达这里,他们被山涧湍急的瀑布和激流所吸引,把它们命名为Upper Falls和Lower Falls,意思是上游瀑布和下游瀑布。有画家将这幅美景画成了油画,带回了文明地区,这是黄石第一次引起人们的注意,也开启了兴建国家公园的最初灵感。这样的美景今天仍然存在,随身拍来就像明信片一般美丽;而具体的地理环境与100多年前却有着细微差别,因为作为新生的地质带,黄石是非常活跃的地质地区,侵蚀作用仍然不断对这片土地进行着修改,直至峡谷变得越来越宽,越来越深,越来越长,而瀑布变得越来越湍急。 今天的瀑布与莫兰的油画对比图