. The national parks portfolio. Photograph by John King Sherman Chasm Lake and Longs Peak DISTINGUISHED fea-ture of the park is itsprofusion of cliff-cradled,glacier-watered valleysunexcelled for wildness and the gloryof their flowers. Here grandeur andromantic beauty compete. These valleys He in two groups,one north, the other south of LongsPeak, in the angles of the main range;the northern group called the WildGarden, the southern group calledthe Wild Basin. There are few spots, for instance,so impressively beautiful as LochVale, with its three shelved lakeslying two thousand feet sheer be-l
. The national parks portfolio. Photograph by John King Sherman Chasm Lake and Longs Peak DISTINGUISHED fea-ture of the park is itsprofusion of cliff-cradled,glacier-watered valleysunexcelled for wildness and the gloryof their flowers. Here grandeur andromantic beauty compete. These valleys He in two groups,one north, the other south of LongsPeak, in the angles of the main range;the northern group called the WildGarden, the southern group calledthe Wild Basin. There are few spots, for instance,so impressively beautiful as LochVale, with its three shelved lakeslying two thousand feet sheer be-low Taylors Peak. Adjoining isGlacier Gorge at the foot of theprecipitous north slope of LongsPeak, holding in rocky embrace itsown group of three lakelets. The Wild Basin, with its wealthof lake and precipice, still remainsunexploited and known to few. (190). Few Mountain Gorges Are So Impressively Beautiful as Loch Vale (191)
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