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In the Open — The National Forests of Washington 



Spirit Lake — Columbia National Forest 



variety and individuality. Some are very steep and broken, others steep and 

 smooth, and still others are not only smooth, but have an easy grade. The Klickitat 

 Precipice, on the east side of the mountain, almost perpendicular and nearly a mile 

 high by 4 to 5 miles long, is a striking natural phenomenon with its face of glistening 

 ice and varicolored rocks. 



Bird Creek Meadows, embracing about 3,000 acres, is a most delightful mountain 

 park and makes an ideal place for camping. Among its attractions are grassy 

 glades, highly colored alpine flowers, groves of evergreen trees, snow-fed streams, 

 numerous waterfalls, and a dozen small mountain lakes. 



The series of lava caves accessible from Guler by automobile is of considerable 

 interest to tourists. One of these caves, 7 miles west of Guler, is so well protected 

 from summer heat that it contains ice during the entire season. 



The extensive huckleberry patches, reaching from South Prairie northward to 

 Dead Horse and westward to the Racetrack and Twin Buttes countries, attract many 

 visitors during August and September, who come for the combined purposes of 

 picking berries and enjoying a vacation in the mountains. A lava bed, 10 miles 



