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on trails, journeying from camp to camp and paying his own way, or 

 camping overnight with his own equipment carried on a burro. There 

 are thousands of miles of trails in the parks and six hundred miles of 

 them in one park, Yosemite, over which tens 

 of thousands of visitors, both Dudes and 

 Sagebrushers, tramp each year, to their 

 great enjoyment. In fact, the trails provide 

 the only way that many of the more beau 

 tiful spots in such parks as Yosemite, Gla 

 cier, Rocky Mountain, and Sequoia can be 

 reached, and along the Pacific Coast hiking 

 has become one of the most popular of 

 sports as well as a most healthful one. This 

 type of hiker is welcomed to the parks, for 

 he is almost invariably a true lover of the 

 mountains, appreciative of the opportunity 

 to hike that the national parks offer. 



Tramping over the park trails one is struck by the great number 

 of women making the trail trips alone. Dressed in khaki outing suits, 

 with strong boots, their knapsacks strapped to their backs, they trudge 

 over the mountains from camp to camp, as safe as they would be in 

 their homes. During the summer months, the school teachers and other 

 feminine vacationists in the parks are so numerous that they far out 

 number the men. In most of the parks, for the benefit of women who 

 are traveling alone there are numerous walking parties under the charge 

 of ranger naturalists making the trail trips from the different camps. 

 In Yosemite, the concessioner company operates a chain of camps ex 

 tending through the High Sierra at strategic points along the trails 

 where the hiker or the trail rider may find food and lodging at a mini 

 mum of expense, thus relieving him of the burden of carrying a roll of 

 blankets or a pack of supplies. In Glacier Park chalets located on the 

 trails all through the mountains furnish the same type of service. 



Trail riding is another recreation that adds to the fun of the Dude 

 or the Sagebrusher. At strategic locations in all of the parks, pack ani 

 mals and guides are available to take the visitor over the trails to the 

 remote attractions not reached by automobile roads. The horses and 

 mules used by the trail riders are trained for this type of work. Even 

 the novice at riding can manage them by allowing the animal to use his 

 own judgment in the matter of speed and in picking his way along a 

 narrow trail. 



Many and peculiar, at times, are the incidents in the life of the 

 national parks. There is always something doing, for either the Dude 

 or the Sagebrusher. The main object of the parks, of course, is to pre- 



