20 Miscellaneous Circular 48, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 



The national forests of the northwestern part of the State (the 

 Blackfeet, Kootenai, and Cabinet) are heavily wooded in parts 

 and contain stretches of primeval forest as beautiful as can be 

 found in the Northwest. The wonderful Turquoise Basin region at 

 the head of Swan River has but recently been explored. The 

 granite peaks and spires of the Bitterroot Mountains are worth a 

 visit by the adventurer who wishes to try his skill on peaks which 

 are seldom scaled. On the Beartooth National Forest is Granite 

 Peak, the highest mountain of the State, with an elevation of 12,875 

 feet, and the curious Grasshopper Glacier, where may be seen 

 myriads of grasshoppers sealed in the ice, probably since pre- 

 historic times. 



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Fig. 13. — A summer home on Belt Creek, Jefferson National Forest 



