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United States), historic Fort Garland and the giant 

 Sand Dunes are visible from the road. The great scenic 

 region of the San Isabel offers much more if one will 

 linger here for several days. 



Second Day. iA or iB to 2, Pagosa Springs. The 

 trip is mostly in the scenic region of the Rio Grande 

 National Forest. Wolf Creek Pass is crossed and many 

 other interesting points are along the roadway. Fishing 

 is especially good in some of the lakes and streams of 

 the Rio Grande. 



Third Day. 2 to 3, Durango. Nearly all of the trip 

 is through the forest lands of the Durango. The scenery 

 is some of the best in the west and many historic camps 

 and other interesting spots are passed. 



Fourth Day. 3 to 4, Silverton. The trip is made 

 over the new highway built by the Forest Service in 

 co-operation with the State and county. No more spec- 

 tacular scenery can be found in the Rockies than is in 

 the Needle Mountain section near Silverton. Many days 

 can be spent here visiting these mountain lands of superb 

 beauty. They are the climax of the mountain country 

 of the Colorado Rockies. 



Fifth Day. 4 to 5, Ouray. Ouray is one of the 

 most unique mountain towns in the world. It is safe 

 to say that nowhere will there be found so much to in- 

 terest the traveler who will stay a few days in one town 

 to get out on foot and horseback and visit nearby scenic 

 features. Myriads of waterfalls, canyons, scary trails, 

 cliffs of superb beauty and the marvelous setting of 

 the town itself make up bewildering scenic compositions 

 capable of moving travel-hardened tourist to exclama- 

 tions. 



Sixth Day. 5 to 6, Gunnison. Most of the trip is 

 in the open valley lands between the mountains. This trip 

 is the one which will most interest the fishermen. The 



Gunnison River reached here is noted nationally for its 

 trout fishing. 



Seventh Day. 6 to 7, Salida. Over the top of the 

 continent's backbone. Either of the two routes can be 

 taken. The third and fourth highest peaks in continental 



monarch pass highway 



Tl)is is on one of the two routes during the seventh day of the run. 

 higher points on this road and present unusual shapes 



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The Gunnison River and the upper reaches of the Rio Grande both 

 contain many of these beauties. A trip over this route is incomplete 

 without some trout fishing in one of these two well known streams. 



United States, Mounts Massive and Elbert, are seen on 

 this trip as well as many other gigantic mountains. 



Eighth Day. 7 to 8A, 8B, or 8C. The Royal Gorge 

 is passed by traveling the route to Canyon City (8A) or 

 Florence (8B) while the stupendous sweep of the Sangre 

 de Cristo range and Hardscrab- 

 ble Canyon are seen if one 

 travels southward from Coto- 

 paxi, near the Arkansas River 

 on the Rainbow Route to West- 

 cliffe and thence to Beulah (8C). 

 By going to either (8A) or (8B) 

 a one-day circle trip may be 

 taken over the loop formed by 

 the Hardscrabble Canyon Road, 

 the trip thus prolonged one day 

 and scenery of magnificent 

 values seen which would other- 

 wise be missed if only one of the 

 routes had been traveled. 



Ninth Day. To Pueblo at 

 9. Several hours can be well 

 spent here viewing the great 

 works of the Colorado Fuel and 

 Iron Company, the largest steel 

 plant in the west. Several routes 

 can be taken back to the plains 

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