664 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF THE TEERITORIES. 



southeast of Graiy's Peak, at an elevation of about 13,100 feet, passes 

 down the Snake Eiver, two miles below Montezuma, with which there is 

 a connecting road, and joins the road down the Blue Elver at the junc- 

 tion of the streams. 



A trail connects Georgetown with the Denver and South Park Eoad, 

 joining the latter at the moath of the North Branch of the North Fork of 

 the South Platte. 



Four miles above Grant post-office on the South Park Eoad a trail 

 turns oft' to Montezuma. 



At Jefferson, on the South Park Eoad, a road, formerly the stage-road, 

 branches off, crosses over Jefferson Pass to Georgia Gulch, and joins 

 the road down Snake Eiver. 



A trail not often used except for the ascent of Gray's Peak, crosses 

 between Gray's and Torrey's Peaks connecting Montezuma with George- 

 town. 



At present there are a number of trails crossing the main crest, and 

 this season a good wagon-road has been built. 



Commencing at the north, there is no way known of crossing the sum- 

 mit ridge until we go as far south as Arapahoe Peak. Up to this point 

 the mountains are very rough, averaging 13,000 feet in height. Long's 

 Peak rising to 14,271 feet, with no passes between the peaks. 



The eastern side is bordered with a line of steep precipices and am- 

 phitheaters, filled with immense snow-fields and inclosing countless lakes. 

 The precipice on the eastern face of Long's Peak, a sheer wall extending 

 from the summit to timber-line, is over 3,000 feet in height by baro- 

 metric measurement. 



South of Arapahoe Peak a trail crosses from Caribou over into the 

 park, passing by the Fourth of July lode. It is used only by the miners 

 of that district, and is not an easy way of reaching the park. 



Next in order, going south, is the new road, passing up South Boulder 

 Creek from Eollinsville and crossing the summit-ridge where the Ute 

 trail crosses near the center of the low portion of the range between 

 Arapahoe and James Peaks at an elevation of 11,613 feet. It then winds 

 down the western slope into the valley of the Frazier, which it follows 

 nearly to the caiion, when it swings to the west to the Hot Springs. 



A road was started from Central City with the intention of con- 

 tinuing it over into the park ; it is now built as far as James Peak and 

 makes the ascent of that peak very easy, as it extends nearly to the 

 summit. An excellent trail leaves this road near its terminus and 

 crosses the range to the north of James Peak, joining the Boulder road 

 down in the valley of the Frazier. 



Berthoud's trail, starting from Empire City, follows up the North 

 Fork of South Clear Creek, crosses the divide below timber-line through 

 Berthoud's pass at an elevation of 11,316 feet, and passes down Moses 

 Creek. 



Yasquez's trail is the continuation of Berthoud's on the eastern side 

 and crosses through Vasquez's Pass, the next in order southwest of 

 Berthoud's, at an elevation of about 11,500 feet. 



Vasquez's, Berthoud's, and the James-Peak trails join on the western 

 side, and farther down in the park the combined trail joins the wagon 

 road to the Hot Springs. 



Jones's trail follows up the North Fork of South Clear Creek from 

 Emi3ire, and crosses through Jones's Pass about five miles southwest of 

 Vasquez's Pass, at an elevation of 12,513 feet, (Parry,) follows down the 

 Williams Eiver to within a few miles of its junction with the Grand, 



