Out-of-Door Playgrounds of 
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travelers. The celebrated coal camps of the region may also be 
visited from these points. 
Many parties outfit at Salida, Canon City, and Florence—impor- 
tant cities on the Denver & Rio Grande—for a vacation outing in 
the northern part ot the Sangre de Cristo and Wet Mountains. The 
eastern slopes of the Wet Mountains are readily accessible from 
Pueblo, the second largest city in the State. Beulah and Rye, two 
noted summer resorts in the Wet Mountains, are 28 and 35 miles, 
respectively, from Pueblo by an excellent automobile highway. 
Lines of Travel 
The various divisions of the San Isabel are easily reached by 
both railroad and automobile. The main line of the Denver & Rio 
Grande Railroad from Pueblo to Salida skirts the northern boundary 
of the Forest; the Salida-Alamosa narrow-gauge division in the San 
Luis Valley parallels the Sangre de Cristo for its entire length, and the 
Walsenburg-Alamosa division, which crosses La Veta Pass, traverses 
the Huerfano country. The Colorado & Southern and Denver & Rio 
Grande Railroads from Pueblo to Walsenburg and Trinidad run a 
short distance to the east of the Wet Mountains and Spanish Peaks. 
There are many fine motor roads in the valleys surrounding the 
Forest, but automobiles can not penetrate for any great distance into 
the rugged mountainous country of the Sangre de Cristo and Las 
Animas divisions. On the north of the Forest is the celebrated 
“Rainbow Route”’ running from Pueblo to Salida via Florence, Canon 
City, and the Royal Gorge. From Canon City and Cotopaxi, on the 
main highway, good branch roads run to Westcliffe and continue 
southward through the Wet Mountain Valley to Gardner and 
Walsenburg. 
From Salida one may go south by the “Gunbarrel Route”’ to 
Alamosa, where a junction is made with the ‘Spanish Trail’ running 
