Part 4

TRIPS FROM GRAND LAKE --------------------------+---------+-----+-----+----------------------------- | |Miles|Days | Trips |Elevation| one |round| Remarks | | way |trip | --------------------------+---------+-----+-----+----------------------------- | Feet | | | 1. Cascade Falls | 9,000 | 4 | 1/2 | 4 miles by horse or on foot. | | | | 2. Flattop shelter cabin | 10,500 | 10 | 1 | 10 miles by horse or | | | | on foot. | | | | 3. Lake Nanita | 10,750 | 10 | 1 | Do. Lake Nokoni | 10,850 | 11 | 1 | Do. | | | | 4. Bench Lake | 10,923 | 12 | 1 | 10 miles by horse; | | | | 2 on foot. | | | | 5. Flattop Mountain | 12,300 | 12 | 1 | 12 miles by horse or | | | | on foot. | | | | 6. Adams Falls | 9,000 | 2 | 1/2 | 2 miles by horse or on foot. | | | | 7. Shadow Mountain | 10,100 | 3 | 1/2 | 3 miles by horse or on foot. | | | | 8. Lake Verna | 10,150 | 8 | 1 | 8 miles by horse or on foot. | | | | 9. Hell Canyon Pass | 11,400 | 13 | 2 | 8 miles by horse; 5 on foot. | | | | 10. Colorado River trail | 8,500 | 5 | 1/2 | 5 miles by horse or on foot. | | | | 11. North Fork Road | 9,038 | 13 | 1 | 13 miles by horse, on foot, | | | | or by auto. | | | | 12. Phantom Valley Ranch | 9,000 | 13 | 1 | Do. | | | | 13. Milner Pass | 10,759 | 18 | 1 | 18 miles by horse, on foot, | | | | or by auto. | | | | 14. Tonahutu Creek, Big | 9,385 | 5 | 1/2 | 5 miles by horse or on foot. Meadows | | | | | | | | 15. Columbine Lake | 8,600 | 3 | 1/2 | 3 miles by horse, on foot, | | | | or by auto. | | | | 16. Fall River Road to | 11,797 | 22 | 1/2 | 22 miles by horse, on foot, Continental Divide | | | | or by auto. and Fall River Pass | | | | | | | | 17. Estes Park | 7,547 | 47 | 1 | 47 miles by horse or auto. | | | | --------------------------+---------+-----+-----+----------------------------

OTHER TRIPS IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK

[Guide recommended on all these trips]

+----------------------- Trips | Starting point ------------------------------------------------------+----------------------- 1. Chasm Lake--Longs Peak | Longs Peak post | office. | 2. Glacier Gorge--Lakes Mills, Black, Blue, and Shelf | Glacier Basin. | 3. Glass Lake--Sky Pond--Taylor Glacier | Do. | 4. Loch Vale--Andrews Glacier--Otis Peak--Otis | Do. Gorge--Lake Haiyaha--Nymph Lake--Bear Lake | | 5. Nymph Lake--Dream Lake--Emerald Lake--Tyndall | Bear Lake. Gorge--Tyndall Glacier--Flattop Mountain | | 6. Fern Lake--Odessa Lake--Flattop Mountain--Tyndall | Fern Lake. Glacier--Hallett Peak--Continental | Divide--Tourmaline Gorge | | 7. Spruce Lake--Spruce Canyon--Hourglass and Rainbow | Do. Lakes--Sprague Glacier--Continental | Divide--Tourmaline Lake and Gorge--Odessa and | Fern Lakes | | 8. The Pool--Forest Canyon | The Pool. | 9. Wild Basin | Copeland Lake. | 10. Top of road on Continental Divide--Mount | Estes Park. Ida--Gorge Lakes--Forest Canyon--The Pool | | 11. Fall River Road--Chapin Pass--Mounts Chiquita, | Do. Ypsilon, and Chapin--Bill Currence's trail | | 12. Fall River Pass--Cache la Poudre River--Down to | Do. mouth of Hague Creek--Up to Chapin Creek to | Chapin Pass--Fall River Road | | 13. Horseshoe Park--Lawn Lake--"The Saddle"--Cascade | Horseshoe Park. Creek--Mouth of Hague Creek back as trip no. 12 | | 14. Fall River Road to Chapin Pass--Chapin Creek and | Estes Park. Cache la Poudre to mouth of Hague Creek--Boundary | of park to La Poudre Pass--Headwaters of Colorado | River--Phantom Valley Ranch | | 15. Trail Ridge--Continental Divide--Phantom Valley | Do. Ranch | | 16. Phantom Valley Ranch--Headwaters of Colorado | Phantom Valley River--Thunder Pass and Thunder Mountain | Ranch. | 17. Mount Richthofen | Do. | 18. Specimen Mountain | Do. | 19. Eight or more good climbs in the Never Summer | Do. Range | | 20. Flattop Mountain--Tyndall Glacier--Andrews | Estes Park. Glacier--Flattop shelter cabin--Lakes Nanita | and Nokoni | | 21. North Inlet to source--Mount Alice--Wild Basin | Flattop shelter cabin. | 22. Grand Lake via Phantom Valley Ranch | Estes Park. | 23. Grand Lake via Flattop | Do. ------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------

THE PARK'S MOUNTAIN PEAKS

PEAKS IN THE GRAND LAKE BASIN

_Altitude in feet_ _Altitude in feet_ Snowdrift Peak 12,280 Mount Cairns 10,800 Nakai Peak 12,221 Mount Wescott 10,400 Mount Patterson 11,400 Shadow Mountain 10,100 Nisa Mountain 10,791 Mount Bryant 11,000 Mount Enentah 10,737 Mount Acoma 10,500

PEAKS IN THE NEVER SUMMER RANGE (CONTINENTAL DIVIDE), NORTH TO SOUTH

_Elevation in feet_ _Elevation in feet_ Thunder Mountain 11,700 Red Mountain 11,505 Mount Richthofen 12,953 Mount Nimbus 12,730 Lead Mountain 12,532 Baker Mountain 12,406 Mount Cirrus 12,804 Parika Peak[1] 12,400 Howard Mountain 12,814 Bowen Mountain[1] 12,541 Mount Cumulus 12,724 Cascade Mountain[1] 12,320

[Footnote 1: Not within park boundaries.]

PEAKS OF THE MUMMY RANGE NORTH-EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE FROM FALL RIVER NORTH

_Altitude in feet_ _Altitude in feet_ Mount Chapin 12,458 Mount Dunraven 12,548 Mount Chiquita 13,052 Mount Dickinson 11,874 Ypsilon Mountain 13,507 Mount Tileston 11,244 Mount Fairchild 13,502 Bighorn Mountain 11,473 Hagues Peak 13,562 McGregor Mountain 10,482 Mummy Mountain 13,413 The Needles 10,075

FRONT RANGE PEAKS FOLLOWING THE LINE OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE NORTH TO SOUTH

+--------------------+-----------------------+----------- A little west | On the Continental | A little east | Altitude of the Divide | Divide | of the Divide | -----------------+--------------------+-----------------------+----------- | | | _Feet_ | Specimen Mountain | | 12,482 Shipler Mountain | | | 11,400 | | Trail Ridge | 12,400 | Mount Ida | | 12,700 | | Terra Tomah Mountain | 12,686 | | Mount Julian | 12,928 | | Stones Peak | 12,928 | Flattop Mountain | | 12,300 | Hallett Peak | | 12,725 | Otis Peak | | 12,478 | Taylor Peak | | 13,150 | | Thatchtop | 12,600 | McHenrys Peak | | 13,300 | | Storm Peak | 13,335 | | Chiefs Head | 13,579 | | Pagoda | 13,491 | | Longs Peak | 14,255 | | Mount Lady Washington | 13,269 | | Mount Meeker | 13,911 | Mount Alice | | 13,310 Andrews Peak | | | 12,564 | | Tanina Peak | 12,417 Mount Craig | | | 12,005 | | Mahana Peak | 12,629 | Ouzel Peak | | 12,600 Mount Adams | | | 12,115 | | Deer Mountain | 10,028 | | Twin Sisters | 11,436 | | Estes Cone | 11,017 | | Battle Mountain | 11,930 | | Lookout | 10,744 | | Mount Orton | 11,682 | | Meadow Mountain | 11,634 | | Mount Copeland | 13,176 -----------------+--------------------+-----------------------+----------

The tables on the preceding pages show that there are 65 named mountains within the area of the park that reach altitudes of over 10,000 feet grouped as follows:

Over 14,000 feet 1 Between 13,000 and 14,000 feet 14 Between 12,000 and 13,000 feet 27 Between 11,000 and 12,000 feet 13 Between 10,000 and 11,000 feet 10

_Shelk photo._

REFERENCES

ALBRIGHT, HORACE M., and TAYLOR, FRANK J. Oh, Ranger! A book about the national parks. Illustrated.

BIRD, ISABELLA L. A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains. 1890. 296 pp., illustrated. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York.

BISHOP, MRS. ISABELLA L. (See Bird, Isabella L.)

BOYER, WARREN E. Vanishing Trails of Romance. 1923. 94 pp., illustrated.

CHAPIN, FREDERICK H. Mountaineering in Colorado. 1890. 168 pp., illustrated. W.B. Clark, Boston, Mass.

FARIS, JOHN T.:

Roaming the Rockies. 1930. Farrar & Rinehart. 333 pp., illustrated. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 228-246.

Roaming American Playgrounds. 1934. 331 pp., illustrated. Farrar & Rinehart. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 129-131.

FROTHINGHAM, ROBERT. Trails Through the Golden West. Robert M. McBride, New York.

HART, JOHN L. JEROME. Fourteen Thousand Feet. 2d ed., 1931. Colorado Mountain Club, Denver. 71 pp.

HEWES, CHARLES EDWIN. Songs of the Rockies. 1914. 129 pp., illustrated. Edgerton.

JACKSON, WILLIAM H., and DRIGGS, H.R. The Pioneer Photographer. 1929. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 143-152.

JEFFERS, LE ROY. The Call of the Mountains. 282 pp., illustrated. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 87-95; 262.

KANE, F.J. Picturesque America, Its Parks and Playgrounds. Published by Frederick Gumbrecht, Brooklyn, N.Y., 1925. 521 pp., illustrated. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 157-176.

LONGYEAR, BURTON O.:

Trees and Shrubs of the Rocky Mountain Region. 1927. 244 pp., illustrated. G.P. Putnam's Sons, New York.

Evergreens of Colorado. 1925. 82 pp., illustrated. Multigraph Service Bureau, Fort Collins, Colo.

MILLS, ENOS A.:

Wild Life on the Rockies. 1909. 263 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

The Spell of the Rockies. 1911. 348 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

In Beaver World. 1913. 223 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

The Story of a Thousand Year Pine. 1914. 38 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Rocky Mountain Wonderland. 1915. 362 pp., illustrated, map. Houghton, Boston.

The Story of Scotch. 1916. 63 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Your National Parks. 1917. 532 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

The Grizzly, Our Greatest Wild Animal. 1919. 284 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Adventures of a Nature Guide. 1920. 271 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Waiting in the Wilderness. 1921. 241 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Watched by Wild Animals. 1922. 243 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Wild Animal Homesteads. 1923. 259 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

The Rocky Mountain National Park. 1924. 239 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Romance of Geology. 1926. 245 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

Bird Memories of the Rockies. 1931. 263 pp., illustrated. Houghton, Boston.

MILLS, JOE. A Mountain Boyhood. 286 pp. 1926. Sears.

QUINNE, VERNON. Beautiful America. 333 pp., illustrated. Frederick A. Stokes Co., New York City. 1923. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 260-262.

RENSCH, H.E. Historical Background for the Rocky Mountain National Park. 1935. 42 pp. Rocky Mountain Nature Association.

ROLFE, MARY A. Our National Parks. Book One. 1927. 320 pp., illustrated. Benj. H. Sanborn Co., Chicago.

YARD, ROBERT STERLING:

The Top of the Continent. 1917. 244 pp., illustrated. Scribners. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 16-43.

The Book of the National Parks. 1926. 444 pp., 74 illustrations, 14 maps and diagrams. Scribners. Rocky Mountain National Park on pp. 93-117.

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YEAGER, DORR G.:

Bob Flame, Rocky Mountain Ranger. 1935. Illustrated. Dodd, Mead & Co., New York.

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GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS

_=Glimpses of Our National Parks.=_ An illustrated booklet containing descriptions of the national parks. Address the Director, National Park Service, Washington, D.C. Free.

_=Recreational Map.=_ Shows both Federal and State reservations with recreational opportunities throughout the United States. Brief descriptions of principal ones. Address as above. Free.

_=Automobile Road Map of Rocky Mountain National Park.=_ Shows road and trail system, hotels, camps, garages, superintendent's office, and approaches to the park. Distributed free in the park only.

_=National Parks Portfolio.=_ By Robert Sterling Yard. Cloth bound and illustrated with more than 300 beautiful photographs of the national parks. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. Price, $1.50.

_=Plants of Rocky Mountain National Park.=_ By Ruth E. Ashton. 157 pages. 100 illustrations. A guide to the flowers of the park with keys for their identification. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 25 cents.

_=The Geologic Story of Rocky Mountain National Park.=_ By Willis T. Lee. 89 pages. 101 illustrations. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 50 cents.

_=Fauna of the National Parks. Series No. 1.=_ By G.M. Wright, J.S. Dixon, and B.H. Thompson. Survey of wildlife conditions in the national parks. Illustrated. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20 cents.

_=Fauna of the National Parks. Series No. 2.=_ By G.M. Wright and B.H. Thompson. Wildlife management in the national parks. Superintendent of Documents, Washington, D.C. 20 cents.

Booklets about the national parks listed below may be obtained free of charge by writing to the Director, National Park Service, Washington, D.C.:

Acadia, Maine. Carlsbad Caverns, N. Mex. Crater Lake, Oreg. General Grant, Calif. Glacier, Mont. Grand Canyon, Ariz. Grant Teton, Wyo. Great Smoky Mountains, N.C.-Tenn. Hawaii, Hawaii. Hot Springs, Ark. Lassen Volcanic, Calif. Mesa Verde, Colo. Mount McKinley, Alaska. Mount Rainier, Wash. National Capital Parks, Washington, D.C. Platt, Okla. Sequoia, Calif. Wind Cave, S. Dak. Yellowstone, Wyo.-Idaho-Mont. Yosemite, Calif. Zion and Bryce Canyon, Utah.