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It is possible, if not probable, that Long's 

 Peak was originally one thousand or even two 

 thousand feet higher. The mass of this peak 

 stands apart from the main range and embraces 

 three other peaks. These are Mt. Meeker, Mt. 

 Washington, and Storm Peak. All are united 

 below thirteen thousand feet. They may once 

 have been united in one greatly higher mass. 

 Much of the debris in the vast Boulderfield and 

 Mills Moraines and a lesser amount from the 

 enormous Bierstadt and St. Vrain Moraines 

 must have come from the summit slope of the 

 Long's Peak group. No small part of this may 

 have come from above thirteen thousand feet. 

 An exceedingly small percentage of the glacial 

 debris which surrounds Long's Peak would, if 

 atop the Long's Peak group, elevate it two 

 thousand feet higher. 



The Glacier Gorge region, which lies just to 

 the northwest of Long's Peak, probably has the 

 most magnificent scenery in the Park. Here are 

 clustered enormous glaciated gorges, great gla- 

 ciated walls, alpine lakes, waterfalls, moraines, 

 alpine flora, and towering peaks. 



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