Show UTAH'S SKYLINE DRIVE ONE OF OP NATIONS NATION'S HIGHEST Editors Editor's note This is one In Ina Ina ina a series of articles on 21 Touro Tours Through the Different World of Utah These tours have been planned 1 bv Lv the he Utah Tourist and and Publicity Council to show you Utah's most outstanding attractions attractions at at- tractions with the least amount of driving in the short shortest t time and slid over the beet best road avail avaU able By taking each one 0 of these tours a person could conceivably conceivably con con- see the entire state on week ends within a year Li Little tle known to and rarely traveled by visitors to the state the Skyline Drive extending extending extend extend- ing lag along the edge of the Wasatch from a II point near Thistle to the hamlet of Mayfield may well be one of the longest high-elevation high scenic routes In the nation Part of a mile loop leading from Thistle Just 65 miles south of Salt Lake City on US 6 50 the Skyline Drive Is taken in combination combination combination com com- with a well paved sector sec see tor of valley panning US 89 FOREST LANDS There are campgrounds In the forest lands at Gooseberry where Skyline Drive intersects U 31 at Flat Canyon on U 31 and on roads between Skyline Drive and aud Spring Ephraim May field in Ferron Ferran Canyon and i in h. Maple Canyon west of Moroni Moron Motel accommodations are available available avail avail- able in or near Gunnison Manti Mantl Ephraim Mt Pleasant Fairview and Tucker Theres There's no gasoline or other supplies on the Skyline Drive and the route should be avoided in wet weather For nearly a miles the drive winds along the upper reaches of the massive Wasatch Plateau passing through lovely evergreen aspen evergreen forests and flow now er filled n meadows or along the top of rocKy ridges It is not a frightening drive though views down into Sanpete Valley on one side elde and deep canyons on theother the theother theother other are stirring experiences Most of the drive is at elevations above feet with some of it as high as feet Though none of the drive is paved it Is passable in summer by sedan at moderate speeds and it Is intersected by roads leading down to Sanpete and Castle Valleys Valleys Val Val- leys lays The country through which Skyline Drive passes is used ex for grazing of cattle and aud sheep eo so expect to meet cowboys and along the wa way FISHING GOOD Parts of the drive mil way may be free 0 of snow in May or June however higher reaches ma may not be passable passable passable pass pass- able until July so its entire length is open for only three or four months of the year ear But side Bide roads make most of It accessible ible for tor a longer season If It you like Uke fishing try some of ot the man many lakes and reservoirs or streams such as Huntington Creek A number of ot Improved Improve l forest campgrounds campgrounds camp camp- grounds are located on or near the drive Most people include Sanpete Valley as part of ot this loop tour They Thep are well repaid for tor Sanpete Valley has haa many attractions such as a ita Its charming communities with their pioneer homes borne drift oft off tho the highway and 4 find yow elf elfIn U in the theland holand Jand of ot yesterday I Palisade Pali- Pali ad ade State Park Funk Flunks Lake fake lovely on ManU Manti Temple of ot nn said and City and u I farms forms It If time allows detour through Moroni Moron and Freedom to toI I Maple Canyon an impressive red red- walled gorge near Its mouth on the tho north wall look for unique Box Canyon Canyon Canyon-an an extraordinarily narrow chasm with overhanging walls hundreds of or feet high |