CHAPTER ONE FROM DENAY TO DEATH VALLEY side of takes to a class he Mountaineers camp in tents at the base of Denali in Alaska A party of mountaineers prepares to climb Alaska's Denali Thousands of miles away in the middle of the Pacific Ocean tourists sun themselves on Waikiki Beach Hawaii More than 5 000 miles 8 000 kilometers to the east pink milkweed and yellow biscuit root grow on Colorado's San Juan Mountains This wide range of natu ral beauty is the West at its
WEST The West has varied geography climate animals and plants The region features tall mountains deep valleys and active volcanoes It has hot deserts tropical rain forests and frozen tundra Eleven states make up this region Alaska California Oregon and Washington line the Pacific coastline Nevada and Utah lie in the Great Basin Colorado Idaho Montana and Wyoming are Rocky Mountain states Hawaii lies about 2 400 miles 3 800 km off the West Coast of the United States So Small huts sometimes stand near the beaches of the Hawaiian
TIVITY FIND THE STATE AND ITS CAPITAL STOP in a PA Place a piece of tracing paper over the in map of the west and trace the states Don wooined a borders Each star represents the location of a state capital Look at the F M list to the right of the map and write the names of the capitals next to the stars in the correct states't this Juneau Sacramento Deuver Montana Honolulu Oregon Boise Idaho Nevada Helena Carson City Sale MH Salt Lake City Olympia Cheyenne Utah California Hawaii robuyupm No 7 His n wes nobro ND woEND vpvp N LOP ww fnow los10g onP1 anyonor IV AAIA op on opmome sons ororo won variy
WEST s to Utah's Zion National Park is known for the cliffs that rise up as part of the Rockies MOUNTAINS VOLCANOES AND EARTHQUAKES The Rocky Mountains dominate the West rising through Montana Idaho Wyoming Utah and Colorado The Rockies are clusters of mountain ranges that include Idaho's Cabinet and Salish Mountains Montana's Bitterroot Range and Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Mountains Colorado has 54 peaks that are more than 14 000 feet 4 267 meters
