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title: Above The Treeline
type: LP
releasedAt: 2026-06-05
coverArt: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
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blurb: |-
  The Colorado outdoors album. Country-coded. Everything west of C-470. Where Ranch Life stays inside the suburban grid (Town Center, the four rec centers, the cul-de-sac), this album lets Philip out of it — I-70 westbound, lift tickets, alpine lakes, pine smell, four kids small against a big mountain. The Highlands Ranch Champ at altitude. Artist: Philip Rehberger. Sister album to Ranch Life — same dad, different zip code.
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tracks:
  - num: 1
    title: I-70 West
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/i-70-west.mp3
    duration: 216
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      opener. Friday afternoon eastbound dread (skiers crawling home), Saturday morning westbound joy (Lexus pointed up, kids in snow gear, coffee in the cup holder). The mountain album's Cruise The Ranch — the geography spine. Eisenhower Tunnel, Georgetown, the first sight of real mountains past the foothills.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/i-70-west.md
  - num: 2
    title: First Lift
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/first-lift.mp3
    duration: 202
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      ski-morning logistics. Boots on, gloves found (one always missing), gondola line, the chairlift, the bunny hill. Daddy on his back in the snow more than once. Liam already faster than he should be.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/first-lift.md
  - num: 3
    title: Tubing Hill
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/tubing-hill.mp3
    duration: 182
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      the lazy-day alternative. Carpet-lift, snow tubes, kids screaming the whole way down, Maria with the GoPro, Tessa in Daddy's lap on the descent. The most fun-coded track on the album.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/tubing-hill.md
  - num: 4
    title: Snowshoe Sunday
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/snowshoe-sunday.mp3
    duration: 242
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      the quieter winter morning. Maybe just Philip and one kid (Liam or Ava). Bluebird sky, breath visible, snow up to the knee. The album's first slow track.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/snowshoe-sunday.md
  - num: 5
    title: Front Range Trail
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/front-range-trail.mp3
    duration: 168
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      Saturday hike on one of the close-in trails (Roxborough State Park, Deer Creek Canyon, Castlewood Canyon). Kid-paced, not summit-paced. Snack-stop every twenty minutes. Iyla riding the shoulders by mile two.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/front-range-trail.md
  - num: 6
    title: Estes Park
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/estes-park.mp3
    duration: 174
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      the annual day trip. Elk on the lawn at the Stanley, fudge shop on the main strip, the Park-loop drive, the kids' faces when they see an elk up close for the first time. The album's most family-postcard track.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/estes-park.md
  - num: 7
    title: Loveland Pass
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/loveland-pass.mp3
    duration: 174
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      the high-altitude pull-over. Four kids out of the Lexus, eleven-thousand-nine-hundred feet, mountains in every direction. Tessa wobbling in the thin air, Liam yelling at the view. The track is the moment, not the destination.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/loveland-pass.md
  - num: 8
    title: Alpine Lake
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/alpine-lake.mp3
    duration: 210
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      remote-ish lake (something like Lily Lake, Bear Lake, Lake Isabelle for the more ambitious version). Picnic, no cell service, the family rents a paddleboard or two. The album's quiet anchor.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/alpine-lake.md
  - num: 9
    title: Echo Canyon
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/echo-canyon.mp3
    duration: 142
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      somewhere with a real echo (Garden of the Gods area, Royal Gorge edge, a canyon pull-off). Four kids yelling into rock walls, hearing themselves back, doing it for an hour straight. Pure comedy on a country backbone.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/echo-canyon.md
  - num: 10
    title: Backcountry Deer
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/backcountry-deer.mp3
    duration: 225
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      the Wildcat Reserve / Highlands Ranch Backcountry trails at dusk. Technically still in the Ranch but feels like wilderness. Deer crossing the trail in front of the kids, everyone freezing. The track that bridges Ranch Life and this album.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/backcountry-deer.md
  - num: 11
    title: Above The Treeline
    audioUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/above-the-treeline.mp3
    duration: 222
    imageUrl: /audio/albums/above-the-treeline/folder.png
    date: 2026-06-05
    featured: false
    notes: |-
      title closer. Reflective. Above eleven-thousand feet, no trees, just rock and sky. Four kids small against it. The line about how the mountain doesn't care about HOA letters or carpool lines or the inbox waiting back home. The why behind every weekend the family drove west.
    lyricsFile: above-the-treeline/above-the-treeline.md
---