In the Open — The National Forests of Washington 



The new road over Blewett Pass, which is nearing completion, has a maximum 

 grade of 5 per cent and furnishes one of the most attractive and beautiful drives 

 in the Northwest. This is a Forest road, built in cooperation by the Forest vService, 

 the State of Washington, and Chelan and Kittitas Counties. An automobile 

 tourist can easily make the trip from vSeattle to Wenatchee by way of Snoqualmie 

 and Blewett Passes in 12 hours. A fairly well-developed system of trails gives 

 access to all parts of the Forest, so that foot or pack-horse trips may be taken in 

 an}^ direction. 



Icicle Creek, which enters the Wenatchee River at I^eavenworth, is a splended 

 trout stream, with a Forest Service trail extending from its mouth to its head. 

 The Chiwawa River, another fine trout stream, is accessible by automobile from 

 I^eavenworth over a road which extends to its headwaters. 



Tourists who enjoy wide vistas from the high points should visit some of the 

 fire lookout stations which are accessible by trail. Tumwater Mountain, 4^2 miles 

 north of Teavenworth, is reached most easily. Other lookout points on the 

 Wenatchee are Dirtyface Peak, at Lake Wenatchee; Sugar I.oaf Peak, at the 

 summit of the Entiat Range; Tiptop, near the old mining town of Blewett; Redtop, 

 on the Teanaway Ridge; Jolly Mountain, on the divide between the Middle Fork 

 Teanaway and Cle Blum Valleys; and Mount ]\Iargaret, on the high ridge between 

 Lakes Keechelus and Kachess. 



Lake Keechelus is skirted from end to end by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. 

 Paul Railway on its west side and the Sunset Highway on its east side. Here 

 are good fishing and hunting in season, beautiful camping places, and sites for 

 summer homes. At Keechelus Inn and Sunset Tavern, each operating under a 

 special-use permit, good meals and beds may be obtained by tourists; also repairs 

 and supplies for automobiles. Huckleberries may be secured by climbing to the 

 upper ridges. Lake Kachess has a hotel at its upper end, reached by a short road 

 built in from the Sunset Highway. 



A good automobile road extends from Cle Elum, through Roslyn, to Lake 

 Cle Klum and on up the Cle Blum Valley to Salmon Lasac. From here Copper 

 and Waptus Lakes may be reached on foot or horseback. These afford very fine 

 sport, and the scenery about them is alone worth the trip. Fish and Hyas Lakes, 



