Washington National Forest 
Woolley, and an automobile can proceed to a point 5 
miles above Marblemount; or visitors may come on the 
Rockport Branch of the Great 
Northera Railroad to Rock- 
port, where there is a hotel, 
and from which point the 
City of Seattle Railroad runs 
to Newholem, its construction 
camp at the mouth of Goodell 
Creek. Pack horses can be ob- 
tained at Marblemount, where 
there is a hotel. There are 
road houses farther up the 
river at the mouths of Bacon, 
Goodell, Stetattle, and Ruby 
Creeks, where meals and lodg- 
ing can de obtained. 
From the end of the rail- 
road to the mouth of Ruby Creek tourists must traverse 
the “Goat Trail,’ so named after the manner in which it 
The foaming waters race through the 
chasm below 
skirts the face of the cliffs high up on the mountain side, 
with the foaming waters racing through the chasm below. 
At the Devils Elbow a notch has been blasted out of the 
solid face of the rock. 
Just below Ruby Creek the canyon narrows to a width 
of less than 10 feet, with overhanging walls 150 feet 
high, through which 
the water surges into 
a great rock-walled 
pool. 
The best fishing is 
found in the main 
river, Big Beaver 
Creek below the 
falls. jie bh tains 
Creek, Devils Creek, and Ruby Creek, and he is indeed a 
poor disciple of Izaak Walton who can not bring home 
Thunder Creek suspension bridge 
the legal limit. 
The valley of the Skagit is comparatively wide above 
Ruby Creek, and there are many delightful camping 
places along theriver. A trip to Jack Mountain Meadows 
is well worth while, for it commands a magnificent view 
of the valley and the barrier of rocky and snow-capped 
peaks which hem it in. 
All the main watersheds are traversed by trails with 
signboards to indicate the distance traveled and inter- 
secting points of in- 
Substantial 
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bridges have been 
thrown across the 
larger streams. At 
intervals along the 
main trails camping — 
shelters have been Lakes fringed with alpine firs 
built to accommodate from 6 to 12 people, equipped 
with fireplaces, tables, and with running water near by. 
Nestling in the folds of the mountains at high eleva- 
tions are many tiny lakes fringed with alpine firs. 
This “stairway”? has been used for centuries 
The path worn by the goats is from 10 to 
Typical mountain-goat country. 
as a highway over the mountain. 
12 feet wide 
Seven 
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