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MAJESTIc . - ROCKIESin ROCKIESin ROCKIES ROCKIEStin tin in oi of Parks Porks Incorporales Incorporates Incorporalesclnculor Incorporatesectacalar ( clnculor ctacular Mountain Mountoin Scenery SceneryI SceneryWNU t4 t4WNU I WNU Featuresowermg Peatures Features Featuresowermg owermg peaks deep forest clad dad canyons and lake stud studorges studGorges orges combine combme to provide a spectacular and awe mspIr- mspIr inspir- inspir inspirnderland mspir-ronderland mspir ronderland - I.i Ii . : I.ionderland onderland nderland in the Rocky mountains mountams Here where the maJof ma- ma maof maj- maj majestabhshed ] - of the mountams mountains reaches Its supreme heIghts congress congressestablIshed congressestablished estabhshed establIshed a chain cham of national parks beginning begmnmg with Yel- Yel - - m in 1872 These exemplify the many forms and ot Of the Rock es with each posg pos ig gad g a d st fit et ct ve ye character charactcr of its itsee itsee [ Yel Yei Yelone Yeione Yelone , -ee ee - ot of the parks-Glacier parks Glacier parks - Glacier one and Rocky Mountam-be Mountam be Mountain-be Mountain Mountainbei Mountain-bestride Mountain bestride Mountainbestride - i . s stride t f1 d e theContInental theContinental the " ContInentallana Continentalional Continental Continental.onal . lana ional ' Parks D Divide I v ide s 0that othat 0 o .onal onal that the wa waSecond waSecond [ 'Second Second ' Secondters ters IromIB fro f r o m mn thelr their snov snow anew snowfields anewfields ' in n a a SpriBS Series Seriestheir series fields g lakes lakesand lakesand f and streamsInto streamsinto streams streamshi hi Into both the Atlantic and the thelftc theIMc theSflc lftc IMc The fourth Grand Teton Tetonbracing Tetonbracing Tetonbracing bracing the highest port on of ofTetons of'Tttons ofTttons ' Tetons drains drams into mto Snake rn rnernalor er eralor eralor alor tt tr butary of the Columbia " t " " LACIER PARK lying lymg up upmst upinst upmst mst inst the Canadian border and andIDg andfng andliag IDg fng s a part of Waterton GlacIer GlacIermat Glaciermat Glaciermat mat onal anal Peace park contams contains containsIf contamsJy containsa Jy a million millJon acres of land and andr r Although there are still some someclers sometiers someaciers clers tiers many of which the sum sumv sumv sum'v sumv ' v sitor sitar can reach without great greatdulty greatiulty dulty ulty it Is the work of much muchter muchter mucher ter glaciers of thousands of ofIS ofrs ofis IS rs ago which wbJch carved the many manyleys manykeys manyleys leys keys of the park that are ch efiy efly efiypons eflypons eflypons pons ble We for Its name In the valt vals valr val s r and nd basins so formed 1 e moreI mored more I d 200 lakes these reflect ng the er et r peaks wh ch rise from 3 000S 000 5 S 000 feet above them provideh provIdeof provIde of the spectacular beauty of ofark ofark ofpark ark that makes it one of the thet t photographed m in the whole wholesystem wholesystem wholeE ' ' systemughway systemghway system ughway bJghway ghway crosses the park byof byof by byof of Logan pass on the Contmenv ContinenIv Con Continen tin en enIv Iv de and short spur roads exto exto ex exto to several of tqe tie the finest of the theHowever theHowever theHowever However Glacier is pr maand maand ma mand and * nd most enjoyably a horsepark horsepark horse horsepark park The National Park serv servails servails servalls ails it the foremost trail park parkcontains parkcontams parkcontains contains contams about 1 000 miles ofThe ofThe of ofThe The trails rangers mSlSt msist mSlStde msistde insistde de the best means of really reallyg ) g acqua nted \ ith the park parkler parkier parkler ler ier also stands next to YellowIn Yellowin Yellow In quant ty and variety vanety of b gof gof g ' of which the mountain mountam goat goatobably goatobably goat'obably goatobably ' obably the most famous spe speU.D " , " " . U.D UD 4kD rD , . TETON only a fewsouth fewsouth few - south of Yellowstone and andcd anded anded cd ed on the north and east by byon byan byson on an Hole Nat onal monument monumentraordmary monumentraorchnary monumenttraordinary raordmary raorchnary both because of the thed thed theed d rugged grandeur of Itsta itsto its itsta ta to ns and becau because e of the fact factthese factthese factthese these r se abruptly from what whatE whatg E g sts ts call the fault faultlock Mockh \-lock lock Mock Mockof \ - lockh lockof h of Jackson Hole In otherS othera other S a ' on their eastern easftrn ! side they theyno theyno theyno no tooth footh Ustip lls 11s Us ( tip of Grand Teton with an anion anboa anition \ion ion boa \ of 13 766 feet is more than thanfeet thanfeet thanfret feet above Jackson Hole and andOely andmely and"ely andely O\ely O ely mely " \ series st'rles strles ' of lakes-Jenny lakes Jenny lakesJennyg lakes - Jenny g ! Le gh Jackson and others- others othersnestle othersnestle others othersnestle - nestle aga nst the base of the thee e These Thes Thea mounta ns too owe oweof oweof owel ol of the r sculpture to glaciers glaciersch glaciers"ch glaciersch " ch cha a few remain remam in the highers highereked highereked higher higherAed s Aed eked with the 150 square nuleof rileof mile nule rile milef of f llpine alpme alpine park are 22 peaks ofthan ofthan of ? than 10 000 foot elevation as asas asas aaa glaciersflelds as * numerous lJumerous lakes glacIers glacIerselds glacierselds elds andextensIve and extensive forests forestshighway hIghway forestshIghway crosses the range ex exat exat ext at * Teton Pass where the Tetonjoins Tetonjotos Teton ( Joins jotos the Snake river range foot rangefoot ind and bridle trails pcnetrat penetrate penetrateaCkcountry penetrateackcountry pcnetratackcountry < ackcountry Much of the area areaCularly areai areacularly i . Cularly the upper Teton coun coon coonii ii iiii fa ii counfa favlrgm " virgin vlrgm mountain forest " " " 1 : E VISITOR to Rocky Moun MounNational TJaM MounTJaM . _ _ . . . National .l l .lA - - * --A A - - ni park lying about 75 ) miles nules north vest of Denver is more morethan morethan morethan than a mile and a half halt above sea sealevel sealevel sealevel level before he enters It The park sto s 10 to vest elevation is around 8 6 000 000feet 000feet 000feet feet its highest the summit of ofLo ofLo ofLo Lo ig s s peak is 14 255 W th n the thepark thepark thepark park are some 65 named peaks of ofmore ofmore ofmore more than 10 000 feet elevation and andscores andscores andscores scores of lakes small and large largeHere largeHere largeHere Here again agam lakes and peaks have have'I havebeen havebeen ' been carved by the slow and mex mexorable mexorable mexorable 'I I 'Ibeen orable movement of glac al iceRocky ice iceRocky Rocky Mountain Is a great hiker s a * sand aand and mountain climber s park as asare asare asare are Grand Teton and Glacier but butIt butit butit It also offers otIers the motorist one of the thegleatest thegreatest thegicatest gleatest greatest thrills to be found many manyna in any anynational anynational na national tlonal park This is the TrailRidge TraIl TraIlRIdge TrailRidge RIdge roadof road of which willch more than thanfour thanfour thanfour four miles are above 12 000 feet ele elevatlOn elevation elevation vatlOn vation and 11 miles are above the 11 000 foot timber hmber 1 ne From few fewplaces fewplaces fewplaces places m in the world is there offered offeredsuch offeredsuch offeredsuch such a far flung panorama of o1 spec spectacular spectacular spectacular tacular mount mountain am sceneryAlthough scenery sceneryAlthough Although the National Park serv service service servIce ice encourages mountain mount am climbingin clImbing In these and other parks of the sys systern systern systern tern its ranger force is called on onyear onyear onyear year after year to go to the rescue rescueof rescueof rescueof of climbers who venture among the thepeaks thepeaks theoeaks peaks alone or under unskilled unsklIIed gUld guid euld ance ante ] is S a season seasonpasses seasonpasses passes without one or more fatal fatalace fatalace acc ace dents to those who d sregardthe sregard sregardthe sregardthe the safety rules wh ch the serVIce serVIceenJoms serviceenjoins serviceenjoins enJoms enjoins on all climbers The fundamental funda funds fundamental fundsmental mental p ece of advice to the ven yen venturesome yenturesome yenturesome turesome is It If youant you \ want \\ant ant to clImb clImbconsult climbconsult climbconsult consult a ranger Get his advIce advIceand adviceand adviceand and once you have it ab de by it It Itmay Itmay Itmay may mean the d fference between betweenWe betweenLie betweenlife We Lie and deathe death deathIN e " " " IN GLACIER National park parkthere parkthere parkthere there is almost every type of publIc publIcaccommodatIOn publicaccommodation publicaccommodation accommodatIOn Concession opera operahons operatrons operations hons trons in m Rocky Mountain Mountam under con contract contract contract tract with the government are arl ' lIm lImIted limited Iimited Ited but at Estes park on the east eastside eastside eastside side and Grand lake on the west westside westside westside side there are numerous hotels and andcamps andcamps andcamps camps just outside of the nat onal onai onalpark onaipark onalpark park At Grand Teton there are no nohotel nohotel nohotel hotel lodge or camp concessIOns concessIOnsbut concessionsbut concessionsbut but there are varied vaned accommoda accommodahons accommodatsons accommodations hons tsons in m the to vn vii of Jackson and at atmany atmany atmany many places in Jackson Holeh Hole y pwwwf - pwwwfwv " -wv wv - N < w / " " SVSt fi r- r rN ? 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