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Peak Glacier. Mt. Washington, Mt. Meeker, 

 and Long's Peak tower above it, and around it 

 these peaks have flung their wreckage in chaotic 

 confusion. A glacier almost crawls into it, and 

 the east precipice of Long's Peak, the greatest 

 precipice in the Park, looms above it. 



Long, Black, Thunder, Ouzel, and Poudre 

 Lakes have charms peculiar to each, and each 

 is well worth a visit. Lake Mills, in the lower 

 end of Glacier Gorge, is one of the largest lakes 

 in the Park. The largest lake that I know of in 

 the Rocky Mountain National Park is Lake 

 Nanita. This is about one mile long and half 

 as wide, and reposes in that wilderness of wild 

 topography about midway between Grand 

 Lake and Long's Peak. There are mountain 

 people living within eight or ten miles of this 

 lake who have never even heard of its existence. 

 Although I have been to it a number of times, I 

 have never found even a sign of another human 

 visitor. A member of the United States Geolog- 

 ical Survey is the only individual I have ever 

 met who had seen it. 



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