A Summer Vacation in 

 P age N ine The Sopris National Forest 



and bleak snow-capped peaks can be found in all the high ranges, 

 while peaceful, verdure-covered rolling hills and cool brooks attract 

 the less venturesome. 



Hot Springs 



Conundrum Hot Springs, 16 miles by wagon road and trail from 

 Aspen, has been improved by a substantial bath house and a shelter 

 cabin constructed by the Pitkin County Sportsmen's Club in coop- 

 eration with the Forest Service. A cement pool, sufficiently large 

 for comfortable bathing, has been built, and the shelter cabin has 

 been provided with a cookstove. These facilities are for the use 

 of the public. The water from the spring is just the right tempera- 

 ture for a hot bath. The elevation of Conundrum Hot Springs is 

 about 10,500 feet, almost at timber line. Fuel wood and pure cold 

 water are to be had in abundance within a few feet of the shelter 

 cabin. 



The hot springs below Redstone have also been improved with 

 a bathhouse and are used by a large number of people each season. 



Scenic Attractions 



The greatest scenic attraction of the Forest is the mountains. 

 From certain favored vantage points they present marvelous pano- 

 ramas. From one of these viewpoints, the Forest Service lookout 

 station, not far from the Aspen-Norrie Trail, a view of two-thirds of 

 the entire Forest can be secured. Mount Massive and Mount Elbert, 

 the two highest peaks in Colorado, and the Mount of the Holy Cross 

 are in plain view. 



The Horseshoe Falls, just below Hell Gate on Ivanhoe Creek, 

 are the most beautiful on the Forest. Five in number, they are 

 distributed in a narrow walled-in canyon, which is cut for a distance 

 of about one-half mile through glistening granite. In falling over the 

 rock, a distance of from 20 to 50 feet, the water has formed a huge 



