SCENIC MARVELS OF SEVIER FOREST 



WE hear much these days of the scenie wonders of 

 the National Parks, for the National Parks are 

 well advertised; but we hear little, if anything, 

 of the beauties of the National Forests, whieh, up until 

 now, remain practically unheralded. The tourist who 

 plans a western trip an-angcs his itinerary so as to take 

 in the Yellowstone, Glacier Park, Crater Lake, the 

 Sequoias, and the Yosemite in three weeks, or thereabouts, 

 and returns home to speak wiseh' of St. Mary's Lake, 

 going to the Sun Mountains, El Capitan, and the Geysers, 

 and is satisfied that he has seen everything worth seeing. 

 As a matter of fact he has skimmed only a Httle of the 

 cream of the store of scenic wonders of the West. The 

 National Parks comprise a few million acres of wonderful 

 m o u n t a i n 

 scenery and 

 freaks of nature. 

 They are well 

 worth seeing, 

 but let no man, 

 having seen 

 them, think he 

 has seen all or 

 even the best of 

 the western 

 mountains. 



The National 

 Forests comprise 

 some 150 odd 

 million acres and 

 are located along 

 the main moun- 

 tain ranges of 

 the West from 

 the Rio Grande 

 to the Canadian 

 line. They con- 

 tain every pos- 

 sible form of 

 mountain 

 scenery from the 

 low, monoto- 

 nous, rolling 

 foothills, dotted 

 here and there 

 with pine, to the 

 stupendous, chff- 

 crowned peaks 

 of the Uncom- 

 pahgre or Coeur 

 d'Alcne. 



Whether the 

 tourist wishes to 

 locate his camp 

 in some 



valley by the sidi of a rushing stream, or to fight 

 his way up along the hostile mountains to the jagged, 

 windswept top; whether he desires merely the peaceful 

 beauty of long, wooded slopes, or the soul-inspiring pano- 

 rama of towering peak piled on towering peak, of rugged 

 mountain and sheer precipice and endless ranges stretching 

 away in the distance, he will find all his heart desires of 

 such things on the National Forests. 



Nor does the charm of these mountain fastnesses lie 

 solely in the wonderful views to be had. The hot springs 

 of the Boise, Challis, and Sawtooth Forests in Idaho are 

 remarkable and interesting. In hundreds of places there 

 are geological freaks which are the delight of the scientist, 

 while in many others the delicate and masterful coloring 



with which Na- 

 ture has painted 

 the canyon walls 

 of some little- 

 known creek is 

 the despair and 

 delight of envi- 

 ous mortals who 

 try unsuccess- 

 fully to imitate 

 her handiwork. 



Perhaps no 

 better example 

 of these varied 

 attractions is to 

 be found than on 

 the Sevier Na- 

 tional Forest, 

 tucked away 

 down in the 

 southern part of 

 Utah, and, ex- 

 cept for the local 

 population , 

 known hardly to 

 one person out of 

 ten thousand. 

 Aside from its 

 importance in 

 protecting the 

 water-shed of 

 the Sevier River, 

 the waters of 

 which are used 

 se^^eral times 

 over for irriga- 

 tion, and for the 

 summer range 

 for the cattle 



Photograph by Arthur \V. Stevens. 



A VIEW OF THE TEMPLES OF THE GODS FROM THE BRINK OF THE CANYON , . , , 



^, Theblackand white pictureofthisview on the Sevier Natioral Forest. Utah, cargive no idea of thfdelicatecoloring. aUQ SUeCp OI XnC 



Some of the pinnacles shown here shade from a brilliant red at the base through lighter red and pink to pure white u,. r,^„r^Uart^ 



quiet at the tip. nearoy rancners, 



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