81

Climbing Long's Peak 97

Midget, the Return Horse 113

Faithful Scotch 129

Bob and Some Other Birds 149

Kinnikinick 169

The Lodge-Pole Pine 181

Rocky Mountain Forests 197

Besieged by Bears 215

Mountain Parks and Camp-Fires 231

Index 259

Illustrations

_Long's Peak from the East_ _Frontispiece_

_A Man with a History_ 6

_The Crest of the Continent in Winter,
13,000 Feet above Sea-Level_ 16

_A Snow-Slide Track_ 20

_A Veteran Western Yellow Pine_ 32

_A Beaver-House_ 58

_A Beaver-Dam in Winter_ 63

_Lake Odessa_ 76

_On the Heights_ 84

_A Storm on the Rockies_ 94

_Long's Peak from the Summit of Mt. Meeker_ 100

_On the Tip-Top of Long's Peak_ 110

_A Miner on a Return Horse_ 116

_Scotch near Timber-Line_ 132

_The Cloud-Capped Continental Divide_ 144

_Ptarmigan_ 158

_Summer at an Altitude of 12,000 Feet_ 178

_A Typical Lodge-Pole Forest_ 184

_Aspens_ 204

_A Grove of Silver Spruce_ 208

_Ouray, Colorado, a Typical Mining Town_ 218

_Estes Park and the Big Thompson River from
the Top of Mt. Olympus_ 238

_In the Uncompahgre Mountains_ 244

_A Grass-Plot among Engelmann Spruce_ 250

Colorado Snow Observer

"Where are you going?" was the question asked me one snowy winter day.
After hearing that I was off on a camping-trip, to be gone several
days, and that the place where I intended to camp was in deep snow on
the upper slopes of the Rockies, the questioners laughed heartily.
Knowing me, some questioners realized that I was in earnest, and all
that they could say in the nature of argument or appeal was said to
cause me to "forego the folly." But I