■LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE 



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On the Trail 



Not the least difficult thing in making 

 ihc national forest's recreative values 

 utilised is to get people actually into the 

 forest. There is too much rushing 

 through after the style of the auto fiend 

 mentioned by Mr. DeBoer "grinding out 

 the scenery." The photographs shozvn 

 tell of two things. First, that the need 

 for recreative development is recognised 

 by the United States Forest Service and 

 is being taken care of and, second, this 

 is a step to aid that movement zvhich is 

 gaining greater momentum continual- 

 ly — that is, getting into the forests on 

 foot or horseback so time may be had to 

 enjoy the beauties of nature. These pic- 

 tures ivere taken by Supervisor A. M. 

 Cook and shoiv sections of the Pikes 

 Peak Bridle Path, a scenic trail to the 

 top of Pike's Peak. This trail is dis- 

 tmctively a recreative trail, is laid out 

 according to good engineering and land- 

 scape principles and fills a long felt ivant 

 for an attractive and safe route for pedes- 

 trian and burro traffic to the top of 



the peak. Many other 

 projects along recrea- 

 tional lines are under 

 way but these pic- 

 tures zvill give a very 

 good idea of zvhat is 

 noiv being done and 

 what may be expected 

 along the line of rec- 

 reative trail work in 

 our national forests. 

 — A. H. Car hart. 



