U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 707 PLATE XXXIV 
A. TOP OF THE ROYAL GORGE. 
After traversing the Skyline Drive the traveler may turn to the west and climb to the summit 
of the mountain in which the Royal Gorge is cut. He may be surprised to — tha yo Pics 
yore: is really a plateau and that the ‘automobile may be driven to the very edge of the 
org Photograph furnished by the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroac i 
B. RIM OF THE ROYAL GORGE. 
Who ce 
an describe the awful ¢ grandeur of the chasm that yawns before the trave ler wh 
reaches the rim of the , canyon? The walls are Hocape ene for a de pth - a nek feet, and the 
ch: ism seems 
ss it 
Oo narrow that he ¢ st belie that he could cast a st cross i 
character of he rocky walle i sige wall ake abies in tie whe ture Ccaameanh ‘furnished by the 
enver & Rio Grande Ww. eterna, ‘Auee d, 
