Biennial report . Evening Scene Where the Speckled Trout Home of the Grizzly Bear. 50 FOURTH BIENNIAL REPORT the Northwest. This region is a vast wilderness of highmountain peaks, of deep mountain gorges whose walls inmany places rise perpendicularly for two or three thousandfeet, of innumerable lakes lying at the feet of perpetualsnow fields or hidden in the dark depths of spruce and alpineforests; of high, open glaciated plateaus far above the timberline, of roaring cataracts and torrents as well as glaciers,caves, and many other wonders of Nature. Vast areas ofthis region remain unex
Biennial report . Evening Scene Where the Speckled Trout Home of the Grizzly Bear. 50 FOURTH BIENNIAL REPORT the Northwest. This region is a vast wilderness of highmountain peaks, of deep mountain gorges whose walls inmany places rise perpendicularly for two or three thousandfeet, of innumerable lakes lying at the feet of perpetualsnow fields or hidden in the dark depths of spruce and alpineforests; of high, open glaciated plateaus far above the timberline, of roaring cataracts and torrents as well as glaciers,caves, and many other wonders of Nature. Vast areas ofthis region remain unexplored and unmapped. Here is theSwitzerland of America, awaiting the arrival of the sturdyvisitor whose adventurous spirit clamors for the vast un-known; awaiting him to assail the crest of her lofty peaksor explore the dark mysteries of trackless forests. Thisregion may be reached from the Northern Pacific Railway atBillings or Columbus, from which points good roads extendto the mountains. These are only a very few of the moreaccessible and picturesque spots
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