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in its development be toward some definite end, and be of permanent 
value. This project should consist of two separate divisions, one for 
trail work and one for roads. The trail work seems to be of first im- 
portance, for at present the park is practically at the mercy of a fire 
and large areas are closed to all travel. 
The following vroject is suggested for the park, the subjects being 
given in the following order of their importance: 
Ist. The opening of the old trails on the mountain, where such 
trails are on the general line of travel, and the establishment of new 
trails to enable the vark rangers to go from one park on the mountain 
to another without making the long detour to the lower valleys now 
necessary. This trail work seems very necessary to afford fire pro- 
tection, for as the trails now exist it would, in many cases, take a day 
or two to reach a fire that was only a few miles away. A proper system 
of trails would triple the value of the rangers. 
2nd. Widening the present road from the park entrance to Para- 
dise Valley to a width of sixteen feet and the construction of parapets 
at dangerous points, to prevent autos and stages from going off grade. 
(This recommendation is made because it is now practically recog- 
nized that this road is creating a new situation in national parks af- 
fairs, and that it will not long be possible to keen the autos off the 
mountain road above the glacier. The fact that the vark is close to 
two big cities and that a large auto traffic is already making use of 
the road to the glacier, is in a measure forcing the situation.) At 
present this road is not safe for the combined traffic that is permitted 
to use it, that of stages and autos. The road was built as a stage road 
and later autos were nermitted to use it. Now that such permission 
has been given the only safe course to take is to make it wide enough 
to accommodate both kinds of travel. 
5rd. The extension of the present road from Paradise Valley along 
the route suggested by Eugene Ricksecker through Magnetic Park and 
around the Cowlitz Glacier to Cowlitz Park on the southeast side of 
the mountain. This road should be connected with the road system 
of Yakima County to enable the people of eastern Washington to visit 
the National Park. 
4th. The extension of the present road from some point above 
Longmire through Van Trump Park to Indian Henry’s Hunting Ground. 
This would open up one park that is now inaccessible to any form of 
travel except afoot across ice-fields and deep canyons. 
5th. The construction of a road up the valley of the Carbon to the 
ice-fields and thence to Spray Park on the northwest slope and into 
Moraine Park on the north slope of the mountain. This country is 
now reached only by a system of trails that is wholly inadequate for 
fire protection or tourist travel. The north side is almost inaccessable 
at present, and in some cases if a ranger saw a fire when it started it 
would be two days before he could get to it. 
A system of roads as given above would require years to complete 
and if the work was started the road would naturally continue all 
