Trail & Timberline is the quarterly magazine of the Colorado Mountain Club, sent to over 8,000 members and subscribers. The magazine contains news, announcements, poetry, trip reports, and feature articles.
Occasionally, something published in Trail & Timberline is so popular
that it takes on a life of its own. The Colorado drought brought about an intense
interest in Colorado water law. Ever wonder why our state has so many mountains
over 14,000 feet in height when none of the immediately surrounding states has
even one? Of course, when the United States Geological Survey refigured the
way it computed the heights of mountains, everybody thought that there might
be at least one or two extra Fourteeners they would need to climb. There aren't,
but the article about why the USGS redid the computations is one of the most
requested Trail & Timberline reprints. You can read about all these and other classics here.
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