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  THE 
  CONTINENTAL 
  DIVIDE. 
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  A 
  contrast 
  exists 
  between 
  the 
  Gores 
  Range 
  and 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  

   Park 
  Eange 
  north 
  of 
  Mount 
  Powell, 
  as 
  if 
  one 
  compared 
  the 
  moss-crested 
  

   portions 
  of 
  the 
  Alps 
  with 
  a 
  hilly 
  or 
  undulating 
  country. 
  For 
  several 
  

   miles 
  we 
  see 
  but 
  a 
  waving 
  crest, 
  with 
  no 
  break 
  in 
  it. 
  From 
  the 
  most 
  

   northern 
  and 
  last 
  of 
  the 
  peaks 
  of 
  the 
  Gores 
  Mountains 
  to 
  the 
  Gores 
  

   Caiion, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  crest-length 
  of 
  21 
  miles. 
  On 
  the 
  broad 
  crest 
  rests 
  

   only 
  the 
  well-defined 
  Lone 
  Peak, 
  of 
  11,300 
  feet 
  elevation. 
  Several 
  

   rounded-off 
  points 
  do 
  not 
  rise 
  much 
  above 
  the 
  general 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  

   crest. 
  The 
  average 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  here 
  is 
  9,900 
  feet, 
  while 
  the 
  

   saddles 
  are 
  about 
  0,200 
  feet. 
  The 
  axis 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  runs 
  about 
  5 
  miles 
  

   west 
  of 
  Blue 
  Eiver 
  Valley, 
  aud 
  the 
  relative 
  height 
  of 
  the 
  range 
  above 
  

   it 
  is 
  2,200 
  feet. 
  The 
  crest, 
  although 
  below 
  timber-line, 
  is 
  barren 
  except 
  

   around 
  Lone 
  Peak, 
  in 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  range, 
  at 
  which 
  place 
  timber 
  

   reaches 
  nearly 
  to 
  its 
  proper 
  altitude. 
  

  

  The 
  spurs 
  running 
  out 
  toward 
  Blue 
  River 
  Valley 
  are 
  broad 
  and 
  de- 
  

   pressed, 
  and 
  have, 
  to 
  within 
  10 
  miles 
  of 
  Grand 
  and 
  Blue 
  River 
  junction, 
  

   a 
  dense 
  forest 
  in 
  their 
  middle 
  portions. 
  

  

  There 
  is 
  only 
  one 
  ridge 
  of 
  a 
  secondary 
  order 
  detached 
  from 
  the 
  range, 
  

   4 
  miles 
  northwest 
  from 
  Mount 
  Powell, 
  which 
  separates 
  Piney 
  River 
  

   from 
  Quaking-aspen 
  Creek, 
  in 
  a 
  parallel 
  direction 
  with 
  the 
  Park 
  Range. 
  

   In 
  characteristics 
  that 
  ridge 
  exhibits 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  that 
  bench 
  or 
  

   shelf 
  form 
  witnessed 
  so 
  often 
  in 
  Tertiary 
  formations. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  entrance 
  of 
  Gores 
  Caiion 
  the 
  entire 
  body 
  of 
  water 
  constitut- 
  

   ing 
  all 
  of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Park 
  drainage, 
  is 
  united 
  in 
  the 
  Grand 
  River 
  before 
  

   the 
  latter 
  forces 
  a 
  passage 
  through 
  the 
  Park 
  Range. 
  The 
  caiion 
  walls 
  

   rise 
  from 
  the 
  water's 
  edge 
  for 
  several 
  hundred 
  feet 
  almost 
  vertical, 
  but 
  

   they 
  recede 
  after 
  this 
  in 
  moderate 
  steep 
  slope 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  average 
  altitude 
  

   of 
  the 
  Park 
  Range. 
  

  

  From 
  Gores 
  Canon, 
  along 
  the 
  crest 
  of 
  the 
  Park 
  Range, 
  north 
  to 
  

   Rabbit 
  Ears, 
  we 
  have 
  a 
  distance 
  of 
  42 
  miles. 
  The 
  general 
  appearance 
  

   of 
  the 
  range 
  is 
  wave-like 
  or 
  undulating, 
  with 
  no 
  well-deflned 
  i)eak 
  

   breaking 
  the 
  monotonous 
  crest. 
  Its 
  highest 
  points 
  do 
  not 
  exceed 
  9,370 
  

   feet 
  in 
  the 
  average, 
  while 
  the 
  mean 
  depressions 
  of 
  the 
  crest 
  showman 
  ele- 
  

   vation 
  of 
  9,000 
  feet. 
  Broad 
  and 
  bulky 
  spurs 
  bench 
  off 
  in 
  the 
  direction 
  

   of 
  Muddy 
  River 
  Valley, 
  the 
  distance 
  of 
  which 
  is 
  8 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  range. 
  

   The 
  same 
  tiat, 
  undulating 
  character 
  exists 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  branches 
  of 
  

   the 
  spurs 
  leading 
  off 
  toward 
  tSarvis 
  Creek. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  forest 
  vegetation 
  consists, 
  even 
  on 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  range, 
  

   almost 
  exclusively 
  of 
  quaking-aspen, 
  pines 
  occurring 
  only 
  in 
  small 
  

   and 
  isolated 
  patches. 
  The 
  western 
  spurs, 
  however, 
  are 
  covered 
  again 
  

   with 
  dense 
  pine 
  forests. 
  On 
  the 
  slopes 
  leading 
  toward 
  the 
  Muddy 
  River 
  

   the 
  grass 
  is 
  excellent 
  and 
  in 
  abundance. 
  

  

  At 
  Rabbit 
  Ears 
  we 
  arrive 
  at 
  the 
  northern 
  terminus 
  of 
  the 
  Park 
  

   Range. 
  Here 
  is 
  the 
  point 
  of 
  intersection 
  with 
  the 
  Continental 
  Divide, 
  

   which 
  swings 
  around 
  in 
  great 
  curves 
  from 
  the 
  extreme 
  northeast 
  corner 
  

   of 
  the 
  Middle 
  Park, 
  or 
  from 
  the 
  headwaters 
  of 
  Grand 
  River, 
  forming 
  

   thereby 
  the 
  dividing 
  barrier 
  between 
  the 
  North 
  and 
  the 
  Middle 
  Park. 
  

  

  EANGE 
  OF 
  FIRST 
  ORDER. 
  

  

  The 
  Continental 
  Divide 
  or 
  dividing 
  range 
  hcticeen 
  North 
  and 
  Middle 
  Parlts. 
  

  

  In 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Rocky 
  Mountain 
  chain 
  which 
  forms 
  the 
  division 
  

   between 
  the 
  well-known 
  great 
  mountain 
  basins. 
  North 
  and 
  Middle 
  Parks, 
  

   we 
  find 
  different 
  characteristics 
  introduced 
  from 
  the 
  remaining 
  por- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  that 
  mountain 
  range, 
  existing 
  as 
  the 
  great 
  Continental 
  Divide 
  

  

  