The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-09-16
THE GRAND CANYON TRAIL.

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trail which The Tribune automobile
expedition to the Grand Canyon Of the
Colorado has blazed through southern
| Utah and northern Arizona. and which
will approach that magnificent canyon
from the north, can hardly be realized
at present, so new it is and untried
and yet there can scarcely be doubt
| that the County Superintendent, ID. D.
Rust, of Kane county, is right when
he says that "The Tribune is render
ing n wonderful service to the citizens
Of the State and to the United States
party into that great and interesting
region at this time: for while just at
present many autoists may not wish to
venture on the trip because of the
roads, I feel certain that in another
season scores of automobiles viii be
making the journey to the canyon and
to Zion Creek solely as a result of The
Tribune touring party's trip this
month. -
Mr.. Rust speaks Of Zion Creek as a
rival Of the Yosemite. and we can well
believe it, for there are no gorges In
the world that are equal to some Of
the deep gorges made in that egion,
of which the Kanab Wash is a spect-
men and perhaps the deepest one Of
any.
Standing on the Kaibab plateau the
eye can follow the whole majestic curve
of the sweep Of the Colorado river
through the mountains that form the
walls of the Grand Canyon. Of to the
left the mountains fall away, but turn
ing gradually to the right, tho great
chains appear and the tremendous bow
Of the great gorge is seen 10 an ad-
vantage impossible anywhere else.
Some Of the roads TO get there upon
are pretty bad. The road from Order
vile to Kansb in particular is hard
road to travel, but il would take no
great amount Of labor to make 1t fairly
passahe. Beyond Kanab the roads can
easily be made first class. This side OF
Ordcrville there is high divide up at
the headwaters Of the Sewer, but there
is nothing especially difficult in making
good road to. over, and beyond that
divide. Bearing of 10 the left OF the
Kanab canyon, one gets to the north
range Of the Bucksl1in mountains, with
their grand forests and their great pos
sibilities in mines. The Buckskin
range can be followed for a long dis
tance: the range is comparatively
smooth. and the building OF a good
road through those forests would not
seem to be any very great task. The
direct route, however, to the great ridge
leading 10 Bright Angel Point would
be preferable TO n swing westward
around the Buckskin mountains. such
as indicated A direct route, as tins,
we believe. could be found, and rs
there is an approach from high ground
at the north, there is no reason to eX-
pect that there will be any great diff
Guilty or any great upgrade to sur
mount,
This pathGnding expedition will, we
believe, be Of epocbal interest 30 Utah,
1t viii point the way for a side journey
for automobilis,s from The Midland
Continental trail that is to he estab-
lisbed. With an easy trail like this
10 the Grand Canyon of tho Colorado,
and another 10 the Yellowstone Park,
both entering into and departing from
Salt Lake City, this place would be
the most important waystation upon
the whole Midland Continental auto
mobile trail
The importance Of this is not hard to
grasp by those who will take thought
to sense the situation. The possibiG-
ties in this direction are very great,
and we trust that there viii be no
cessation Of interest in this matter
until full realization Of Salt Lake IS
situation and Importance IN connection
with the Midland Continental trail and
the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone
Park trails is fully scnsed.