The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-12
TRIP To FISH LAKE
IS MADE BY AUTOS
Twenty-Five Motor Cars Have
Negotiated the Distance
This Season.
CAR Is ONE
Some Difficult Climbs Are En-.
countered; Best Route
Given.

One year ago II was thought trin 10
| Fish Lake in an automobile was an I'M
possibility. Those who had covered inc
road In II light spring wagon or oS PACK
horse said the grades were too steep ana
the rocks too numerous for any autono-
bile ever built. So far this summer 1us'
an even Twenty-Five motor cars nave
successfully made the trip. TINS Is the
information brought home Yesterday by
| The Tribune T.. NJ #. 60 Pathfinder.
| The Pathfinder was the t%enty-hfth car
Dr. Woodring of Bingham Canyon was the
twenty fourth car; and, In fact, passed
the Pathfinder coming down the big hiH
as the Pathfinder was going up.
To Claude Freed of this city belongs
the credit OF making the first trip to this
famous fishing resort and TO VIVA, is
destined TO he one OF the greatest sum-
mcr resorts III this part Of the country
When Mr. Freed returned home and SAID
Il was not only POSSIBLE but feasible.
others followed until total OF twenty
five had climbed tho 10000 ODD feet OF
altitude and sllirtcd along The shores OF
the famous lake
Ever since 1t was nosed around the
CITY that an automobile trip TO the lake
was feasible there has been demond
for an automobile man and log OF thc
roads. II was to accomnmoaa,h,e nnt ,he PnISe pnpSe
finder made the trip and returned yester-
day with all the information needed
Route Going and Coming.
On the way south the Pathfinder passed
through the cities and towns between
Salt Lake and Provo and nen, ,nen 'tI0uan santao
onin Nenhi Levan. Gunnison. Salina.
Sigurd. Richhcld and then 20 the lake
On the return trip the route scIee'ea VIZ
Ephraim Mount Pleasant. Spring Citv.
Fairvlew, Indianoa, Thistle. Castil!a
Springs and back Ia Provo Ihe return
arc no, as good. but il gives the tourist
change I'm scenery and can easily DC
made. a., .,.,,, ;s
the last ten miles to the lake proper
Hero II Is steady UP grade. par, of the
way climbing 1000 feet to the mile >.
One spot In this climb Is killer, ~, ~.
bottom Is a pole bridge and immediately
after crossing the bridge the hin starts
up at a ripht angle, making IL impossi-
some ears with gravity feed have diff
Guilty In getting gas into the carhuretor.
and in most cases ii Is hard to get the
full power OF a car on account OF The
rare atmosphere
Hill Little Strong.
The pathfinder is equipped Win Il
gradeometer which registers a full 30
per cent grade. Here. however, the bulb
disappeared and the Hill was just a little
too Strong" for the gradcometer to. reg
istor. While one Is bothered with high
rock centers near the lake. these can be
lodged, At the lake 1t was learned that
the contract has been let To cut this
steep part of the mountain down and also
to take all the rocks out OF the roads.
II is believed there VIII be fully 500 salt
Lake cars that Will make this trip next
season. while many are planning the trip
yet this year. The roads. as rule arc
dusty. due TO lack of rain. The round
trip from salt Lake can be made In three
days, but four would be better with the
llower-power cars,
Any automobiNst wishing information
on this route Will be furnished with the
same by The Tribune. The trip was
made by Bert Crosicr OF Salina, as pilot ):
D. j. Villa, as driver: and W. d. Rshel
In charge OF the maps and log. An
Z. NJ. r. go car. fitted with Diamond
tires. was used