Outdoor Life in the 

 Page Seventeen C olo r a d o N at i o n al F or e st 



Of these may be mentioned the Brainard Lake site, on the shores of 

 an Alpine body of water at an elevation of 10,300 feet; the Red Rock 

 site, near a picturesque mountain lake of the same name; the Peaceful 

 Valley site, on the main automobile road from Ward to Estes Park; 

 and a number of areas along the Cache La Poudre River from Youngs 

 Gulch to Chambers Lake. There are also many attractive sites in 

 other parts of the Forest which have not as yet been surv^eyed and 

 plotted. Further information on summer homes will be gladly fur- 

 nished upon application to the Forest Supervisor, Fort Collins, Colo. 

 The Fort Collins municipal camp grounds in Youngs Gulch up 

 Poudre Canyon is one of the new and beautiful attractions of the 

 Forest planned and improved by the Forest Service recreation engineer 

 in cooperation with the city authorities. Automobile parking sites, 

 playgrounds, shelter cabins, and comfort stations will be insta;lled 

 here for the pleasure and convenience of visitors. The natural forest 

 surroundings will be left undisturbed, but they will be utiHzed to the 

 fullest extent to add to the attractiveness of the grounds. 



Hotels, Resorts, and Outfitting Points 



There are excellent hotel accommodations in the plains cities of 

 Boulder, Fort Collins, Greeley, Longmont, and Loveland for visitors 

 contemplating a trip into the Colorado Forest. The principal summer 

 resorts within and near the Forest are on the Laramie River ; at Chero- 

 kee Park, on the North Fork of the Cache La Poudre; on the Upper 

 Poudre River, at Log Cabin; at Livermore, in Thompson Canyon; 

 in Peaceful Valley, on Middle St. Vrain Creek; at Allenspark, on the 

 North St. Vrain; in Boulder Canyon, at a lake northwest of Ward; 

 at Eldorado Springs, at the mouth of South Boulder Canyon; and at 

 Pine Cliff, on Coal Creek. Accommodations may be secured at any 

 of these places at reasonable rates by the day, week, month, or season. 

 Estes Park, lying to the west of the Forest on the Upper Big Thompson, 

 is the main entrance to the Rocky Mountain National Park and has a 

 number of excellent hotels with unHmited accommodations. Eldora 

 and Ward, at the terminus of the different branches of the Denver, 

 Boulder & Western Railroad, and Nederland, on Middle Boulder 



