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THE SKIING COURSE, GENESEE MOUNTAIN, DENVER MOUNTAIN PARK, 

 This exhilarating sport calls for much practice before perfection is attained and lots of fun is had by tae amateur and at his expense. 



hole you forgot to fill at some bridge approach. Main 

 trunklines for autos are of the greatest importance, but I 

 do think that great good could be done by building sec- 

 ondary roads with limited speed and trails for those who 

 prefer a slower way of enjoying the views. 



As a counterweight against expensive hotel rooms, 

 auto camps have come into existence. Rather than be 

 locked up in a hot stuffy room like the one he left in 

 Kansas, the visitor of these camps will camp out in the 

 open. And he shows much more appreciation for our 

 scenery and, for this reason if for none other, should 

 be encouraged. 



This last fall, while roaming through the yellow and 

 golden aspens, the green firs and pines, the red and 

 purple scrub oak of our Pike National Forest, the 

 thought occurred to me how many frail bits of young 

 humanity, now starving for air and light and interest in 

 liie, couid be gruwn up to sturdy citizens in the invigo- 

 rating air of the Rockies. Instead of growing pale in 

 the shadows of the metropolis, instead of being nerve 

 shocked little victims of rapid transportation systems or 

 weak-kneed, vice-ridden alley inhabitants, they could bf 



brawny, tawny, husky youngsters of the woods. Camps 

 for children, camps for convalescents, camps for all peo- 

 ple who want to enjoy the mountains and cannot afford 

 the expensive hotels seem to me the logical followers of 

 the auto camps. These camps should not be crowded 

 together but scattered along lines of transportation which 

 are cheap and able to handle large numbers of passengers. 

 They should be within visiting distance perhaps of places 

 of natural grandeur, but should not be close to them no 

 more than any hotel, no matter how expensive it might 

 be, should be allowed to create a false note into the well 

 conserved beauty of the place. 



To come back to my title, landscape architecture then 

 can aid in those parts of the national forests and parks 

 where aesthetic values are to be considered and where 

 recreation can become part of the general policy. In 

 addition to this it can be of service in applying town 

 planning principles to laying out summer colonies, camp- 

 ing grounds and the like. And last, but not least, it can 

 be of aid in preserving wild vegetation and in encouraging 

 rare plants which, under civilization's foot, would soon 

 disappear. 



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