Rocky Mountain: Driving Into Arctic Tundra on America's Highest Road

Trail Ridge Road climbs above 12,000 feet through real alpine tundra, the kind normally found hundreds of miles north. We cover why treeline sits so low here, how fragile alpine plants can take 25 years to first bloom, and why the road itself is only open about seven months a year. This episode was written and voiced with AI tools and reviewed by a human editor. This episode includes AI-generated content.