A Weekend in the Last Stronghold of America’s Prehistoric Past
“There’s this constant ebb and flow of balance between summer and winter, and the summer is crushing the winter right now,” says Kirk Ryder, a wildlife biologist guide at EcoTour Adventures in Wyoming. On my right, the Grand Tetons rise up against the blue sky while remnants of the season’s first snowfall blanket the ground. “But 700 years ago, when these glaciers formed, the winter was beating the summer. This most recent period has been accelerated by human-led activities.”
