Clarence King on the south forms the base of 

 the stem, while Long's Peak is against the east- 

 ern side of the stem, about midway. 



Long's Peak, "King of the Rockies," is the 

 dominating peak and rises to the altitude of 

 14,255 feet. There are ten or more peaks in the 

 Park that tower above thirteen thousand, and 

 upwards of forty others with a greater altitude 

 than twelve thousand feet. Between these peaks 

 and their out- jutting spurs are numerous canons. 

 The Park is from ten to eighteen miles wide, its 

 greatest length is twenty-five miles, and its total 

 area is about three hundred and sixty square 

 miles. 



A line drawn around the Park on the bound- 

 ary line would only in two or three places drop 

 below the altitude of nine thousand feet. The 

 area thus is high-lying and for the most part 

 on edge. About one fifth of the entire area is 

 above the limits of tree-growth. The peaks are 

 rocky, rounded, and sharp. Here and there 

 they are whitened by comparatively small snow 

 and ice fields. From the summits the moun- 

 tains descend through steeps, walls, slopes, ter- 



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