Scenic Excursions 

 Excellent hotel resorts, and good bear and deer 

 hunting, and fishing. 



Scenic, Washington, is the station for that de- 

 lightful mountain resort among the western spurs 

 of the Cascades, Scenic Hot Springs. Round trip 

 week-end rail rate from Seattle $2.80, daily rate 

 $3.20. 



The Cascade Tunnel, elevation 3375 feet, nearly 

 three miles long, is the highest point of the Great 

 Northern Railway in central Washington. 



A direct route from Chicago and the Middle 

 West across Montana, Idaho, and Washington to 

 Puget Sound ports is offered by the Chicago, Mil- 

 waukee <fc St. Paul Railway, which runs through 

 magnificent portions of the Rocky Mountains and 

 the Cascade Range. 



The Northern Pacific Railway follows a similar 

 route, and is one of the roads leading to the Yellow- 

 stone National Park. 



The Yellowstone National Park may be reached 

 by a branch line of the Northern Pacific from 

 Livingston to Gardiner at the northern boundary 

 of the Park. An excursion has been provided by 

 the Northern Pacific Railway for a trip of five and 

 three-fourths days through the Park, at an expense 

 of $53.50. The Park is also reached by a branch 

 line from the Union Pacific Route, terminating at 

 Yellowstone on the western border of the Park. 

 A four-day tour of the Park, starting from Yellow- 

 stone, is provided at an expense of $45.00 in ad- 

 dition to the transcontinental fare. A six-day ex- 

 cursion from Yellowstone is also provided. 



The Wylie Permanent Camping Company ofl'ers 

 a six-day tour from Gardiner or Yellowstone for 

 $40.00, and a five-day tour from Yellowstone for 

 $35.00. The round trip fare from Livingston on 

 the Northern Pacific Line to Gardiner is $3.20, and 

 the additional charge upon the transcontinental 

 rate for the digression to Yellowstone from the 

 Union Pacific Line at Granger, with return to Ogden, 

 is $9.25, Pullman reservations extra. The eastern 

 entrance of the Park is reached by stage (ninety- 

 four miles to Yellowstone Lake) from Cody, which 

 is reached from Billings on the Northern Pacific 

 Route or from Cheyenne by a line of the Chicago, 

 Burlington & Quincy. 



Trips in the Vicinity of Puget Sound. A beau- 

 tiful ten-day trip may be made from Seattle or 

 Vancouver to Skagway and other Alaskan ports 

 (round trip $66.00 and up). This is the famous 

 Inside Passage trip, among the inlets, canals and 

 fjords of southern Alaska, with a side trip into 



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