U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 



BULLETIN 707 PLATE XXXIV 



A. TOP OF THE ROYAL GORGE. 



Afler 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 he surprised to find that this 

 mountain is really a plateau and that the automobile may be driven to the very edge of the 

 gorge. Photograph furnished by the D.mver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. 



y;. HIM OF THE ROYAL GORGE. 



Who can describe the awful grandeur of the chasm that yawns before the traveler when he 

 reaches the rim of the canyon!' The walls are nearly sheer for a depth of 1, 100 feet, and the 

 chasm seems so narrow that he almost believes that he could cast a stone across it. The 

 character of the rocky wails is well shown in this picture. Photograph furnished by the 

 Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad. 



