Outdoor Life in the 



Colorado National Forest P age Eig hte en 



Creek, are old mining camps that have become popular summer 

 resorts. Crescent, Rollinsville, Tolland, and Lake Eldora are tourist 

 points located along the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad in the southern 

 part of the Forest. A hotel, open during the summer season, is also 

 located at Corona (elevation, ii,6oo feet), where the same railroad 

 crosses the Continental Di^-ide, the highest point reached bv any 

 standard-gauge line in the L'nited States. 



Lines of Travel 



The southern part of the Colorado Forest is reached directly by 

 rail from Denver, \4a Boulder, by the Denver, Boulder & AVestern 

 Railroad ("The Switzerland Trail"), which runs to Ward and Eldora, 

 and by the Denver & Salt Lake Railroad ("Moffat Road"), which 

 follows up South Boulder Creek, crossing the Continental Di\4de at 

 Corona, and continuing westward to Craig. The northern part of the 

 Forest is accessible from Laramie, Wyo., by the Colorado, WVoming 

 & Eastern Railroad, which runs to Walden and Coalmont in Xorth 

 Park. The Colorado may also be entered from Boulder, Longmont, 

 Loveland, and Fort Collins on the Colorado & Southern Railway, and 

 from Boulder and Fort Collins on the L'nion Pacific. 



An automobile road passes through the forest from the Wyoming 

 line into Xorth Park. This is a part of the regular road from Lar- 

 amie and Tie Siding, AVyo., to X'orth Park. It di\4des at Boswell's 

 ranch on the Laramie River, and enters the Forest by that stream. 

 Other main lines of travel on the Forest are the Sand Creek Pass road 

 from Fort Collins and Tie Siding; from Fort Collins \4a Pingree Hill 

 and Cameron Pass into Xorth Park; the Cache La Poudre River road 

 from Fort Collins; the Rist Canyon road to Stove Prairie, and from 

 Fort Collins or Loveland up the Buckhorn Valley via ]\Iason\-ille. 

 rVom Loveland to Estes Park, the main route of tra\'el is up the Big 

 Thompson Canyon, or from Fort Collins via Masonville and the Love- 

 land waterworks to the Big Thompson. 



Automobile roads also run from Longmont, via Lyons, up Xorth 

 St. \'rain Creek through the foothills, and to Estes Park, ^'ia Little 

 Thompson Creek, and up Middle St. Vrain Creek to AUenspark. 



