A Mountain Vacation Land 



The Washington National Forest 



' N the extreme northwestern part of the 

 United States, overlooking the restless 

 waters of Puget Sound, which, driven 

 by the tides of the Pacific, race back- 

 ward and forward amid a constellation 

 of beautiful islands, lies an untamed 

 mountain wilderness — one of the few 

 remaining strongholds of Nature. There in the Wash- 

 ington National Forest one may lose himself for weeks 

 in the hills and give himself up to the full enjoyment 

 of Nature. 



''Race backward and forward amid a constellation of beautiful islands 



The Mount Baker Region 



The outstanding features of the Washington National 

 Forest are Mount Baker, unsurpassed throughout the 

 entile Cascade Range for the magnificence and variety 

 of its glacial formations, and the gently rolling stretches 

 of verdant mountain meadow which blanket the summit 

 of the divide in the Upper Skagit River region. Between 

 them unfolds a vast uplifted wilderness, a wide-flung 

 advance of snow-clad peaks, dotted wilh mirror-like lakes 

 and separated by narrow shoe-string valleys whose sides 



are gashed with narrow canyons cut by sparkling 

 cataracts. 



The excessive rainfall of the Pacific slope nourishes a 

 dense plant and forest growth. There are few open 

 places below an elevation of 4,500 feet, and the thick 



''Between them unfolds a vast uplifted wilderness " 



undergrowth, together with the roughness of the country, 

 renders travel very difficult where there are no trails. 

 Perhaps one-third of the northern half of the Washington 

 Forest is above timber line. On the whole it is a riciily 

 watered region, and one singularly free from venomous 

 insects or reptiles which might mar the enjoyment of the 

 tourist. 



There are no roads within the Washington Forest as 

 yet. Its beauty spots are reached by trail only. It 

 appeals to those who seek the recreational frontier. The 

 voice of this Forest is the cry of Nature calling man from 



"Gently rolling stretches of verdant mountain meadows " 



the common life to some of the realities of its sterner 

 existence. It invites the tourist, but warns him not to 

 come dressed in his parlor clothes. 



Mount Baker, the "Koma Kulshan" of the Indians, 

 known to early Spanish navigators but named by Capt. 



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