Critique . lecks of silver below, lends a charm to this tripwhich hitherto no other scenic line has been able to the crest of the Continental Divide, at an elevation sohigh that trees do not grow, the snows of winter endureuntil winter comes again, and the snow banks of one frigidseason, partially melted in the rays of the summer sun, arecovered by the pearly precipitation that heralds the comingof another winter. This region of perpetual snow is only athree hours ride from Denver and tourists marvel at thisfeature of the trip, which gives them an opportunity toengage in snowballing
Critique . lecks of silver below, lends a charm to this tripwhich hitherto no other scenic line has been able to the crest of the Continental Divide, at an elevation sohigh that trees do not grow, the snows of winter endureuntil winter comes again, and the snow banks of one frigidseason, partially melted in the rays of the summer sun, arecovered by the pearly precipitation that heralds the comingof another winter. This region of perpetual snow is only athree hours ride from Denver and tourists marvel at thisfeature of the trip, which gives them an opportunity toengage in snowballing in mid summer a few hours distantby rail from a city of more than 200,000 people. The first forty-seven miles of the MofYat Road hasa grade of 2 per cent. The next fifteen miles is a 4 per centgrade, which brings the train to the crest of the ContinentalDivide, and from this point on the course of the track isdownward on the western slope of the mountains, passingthrough deep canons on its way to the Grand Lake, on Moffat Line. THE CRITIQUE 103 These canons were apparently formed as outlets to aninland sea. An old ocean was receding from the heights ofland ages ago. Geologists who have prospected the RockyMountain region for evidences which would prove the exist-ence of these bodies of water, say that the shore line ofimmense lakes may be traced by the rock formations whichshow vegetation and bugs imbedded in the stone in practi-cally the same form as that in which they existed before thewater receded through the great canons and left the dry bedsof these lakes to be known as immensely fertile valleys. Gore Canon, in the ancient days, was the outlet forwhat is now Middle Park. The action of the water passingthrough this narrow defile in the mountains wore a greatgap in the range, along the bed of which the Grand Rivernow passes on its way to the sea. This is the only naturaloutlet for the immense water shed of Middle Park. Duringthe early spring when the abundance of sn
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