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the main trail. One should also not fail to note the 

 wealth of wild flowers which are found in close proximity 

 to Iceberg Lake. 



The Continental Divide extends through the middle of 

 Glacier Park, from northwest to southeast, and in cross- 

 ing this divide there are several passes which have been 

 taken advantage of by the trail-makers. Among these 

 are Dawson Pass, Red Eagle Pass, Gunsight Pass, Logan 

 Pass, Piegan Pass and Swift Current Pass. Of these 

 Gunsight Pass is the one most frequently traveled, while 

 Swiftcurrent Pass is perhaps scenically the most impres- 

 sive. "Granite Park," which lies on the western slope 

 of the last-named pass, is one of the most charming 

 localities in the entire park and deserves to be more 

 widely known and appreciated. 



withstanding this throng of visitors, the greater portion 

 of the park is a closed book except to a few adventurers 

 who, on foot or on horseback, have sought out the remoter 

 localities and brought back word of their surpassing 

 grandeur. The village of Estes Park, long famous as 

 a summer resort, is the main entrance to the park, and 

 from here roads and trails radiate in various directions. 

 Naturally, the greater number of visitors put up at the 

 hotels in Estes Park; but excellent accommodations can 

 be had at several places more remote but also far more 

 picturesque within the park bounds. And it is from these 

 latter places that the "unfamiliar" scenes are most readily 

 reached. 



Of course, the chief attraction of Rocky Mountain 

 Park is the rugged and majestic mountain scenery, which 



Photograph by Wiswall Bros. 



SNOW WATERS OF THREE GLACIERS 



The front range at Bierstadt Lake, Rocky Mountain Park, Color ado, eighty-five miles from Denver. From left to right appear 

 Flattop Mountain, Tyndall Glacier, Hallett Peak, Otis Peak and Andrews Glacier. 



There is a third national park along the Rocky 

 Mountain range, created only a few years ago, but which 

 has already far outstripped, in point of patronage, all of 

 the older national parks, the Rocky Mountain Park, 

 in Colorado. No other park is so quickly accessible from 

 a large center of population, and the splendid roads which 

 lead to the park from Denver sixty miles distant, 

 are exceedingly popular with automobilists. Yet not- 



culminates in Long's Peak 14,255 feet above sea level, 

 while there are no less than 15 other peaks having an alti- 

 tude exceeding 12,000 feet. Associated with these peaks 

 there are several small glaciers and a great number of 

 charming alpine lakes. Some of these, like Bluebird 

 Lake, Dream Lake, Odessa Lake, Fern Lake, and Loch 

 Vale, are close up under the Continental Divide, perched 

 high on the shoulders of the range and offering not only 



