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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



There is comfortable lodge on the rim and free public 

 camp grounds for the camper. An automobile road, 35 

 miles in length, comfiletely encircles the rim. There is an 

 easy trail to the lakeside and launches for the ride around 



the lake. There are rowboats for the fishermen, and 

 that reminds me, don't forget to bring along your rod 

 and tackle for Crater Lake's trout are as gamey as they 

 are delectable. 



MOUNT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK 



By W. H. Peters, Superintendent 



MOUNT Rainier National Park is the greatest single and 6 miles long and vie in magnitude and in splendor 



attraction in the Pacific Northwest. The prin- with the most boasted glaciers of the Alps. Cascading 



cipal features that entitle Rainier to its place of distinc- from the summit in all directions, they radiate like the 



tion are its virgin forests, its variety of beautiful wild arms of a giant octopus. 



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Photograph by Frank Jacobs 



A HUMAN TOBOGGAN 



"Nature sliding" on the snow slopes below the glaciers in Paradise Valley. Winter sports in the summer may be indulged in by 



the visitor to Mount Rainier National Park. 



flowers, its rntghty system of glaciers, and last but not 

 least the mountain itself. This massive peak after which 

 the Park is named looms 14,408 feet above sea level and 

 10,000 fpct above its immediate base. The total area of 

 its glaciers amounts to no less than 48 .square miles, 

 i-oniprising jK j;laciers, many of which are between 4 



The National Park is a place of diversified attractions. 

 One can come prepared to stay a day, a week, or a 

 month, and find new interest for every day. Situated 

 only 56 and 96 miles, respectively, from Tacoma and 

 Seattle, it can readily be reached in a few hours by 

 automobile or train. One can breakfast in Seattle or 



