The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-01-05
WESTGARD REPORTS
ON MIDLAND TRAIL
Detailed Route as Laid Out
and Logged by A. A. A.
Pathfinder.

A. l.. wesiGard. pathfinder for the A.
A. A.. has Just made his official report
of tho Midland trail from Denver 10 Salt
Lake. This report gives the names or
the towns passed through and the
together with a general condi
ton OF the roads. The total distance
from Denver TO Salt Lake over this trail
Is GIGS, ending at the Automobile Club
Of Utah at 25l State street
The detailed route IS al follows:
90. .o-DENvER: Broadway and F1t,
tenth tenth street so, [BoqlevsTa s,It,,p aRd Ind
city limits, need surfaclng). Graded
and graveled
u s-GOLDEN; New road under con-
struc.ion up Lookout mountain
and extending TO Idaho Springs.
New road across Floyd hill built
too narrow and too few turn
80. .o-IDAHO SPRINGS;
i4.1-DUMONT:
45. .9-LAWSON.
.S-EMPIRE:
Fair gravel road. gradually up
through canyon.
PASS: Some steep climbs, rocky
stretches and too narrow road.
Splendid scenery.
58.o-sGMMlT gERTHoUp PAss;
mental divide rough.
6@.1-SPRUCE LODGE: West foot OF
pass.
66. 6.2-IDLEwILD: Approaching Fraser
is two miles Of vile corduroy road
N.2-FRASER: Mostly rough dirt
roads.
9o.7-Hor SULPHUR SPRINGS: Just
out Of town Is two miles OF per
cent grade. Soft surface, slippery
and a hard climb
96. 6.I-PARSHALL. Some narrow and
very dangerous road along Grand
los. oS.7-KREAIAIL1NG: Very rough high
rocks In road on stretches, Some
hills as high as 22 per cent, badly
washed arroyos. no cuiverts. Taken
as a whole, the worst stretches on
this route within Colorado. Re-
locations. widening and much
work necessary before this stretch
may be recommended for auto
traffic
1874. .+--YARMONY: (Station only,) New
state bridge across Grand river.
Narrow shelf road on side OF gorge
dangerous for lack Of turn-outs
1871 .s-STATE BRIDGE: Long, hard
grind up heavy grade with some
steep pitches.
14S.1-sUMMIT OF DIVIDE: Between
Grand and Eagle rivers, down
along Alkall creek, crossings have
wooden culverts. fair dirt roads.
Isl l.6-WOLCOTT: Down Eagle river
valley on fair, but narrow clay and
g., fI dirt IcT r9ad. 90, .
AN4 NrIJucu uIEl .OdQ DOWN
eagle river valley.
fs9. 9.6-GYPSUM: Fair, but frequently
very narrow road, without SUI
hcient turn-outs in canyon OF
Eagle and Grand rivers, magnifi-
cent scenery.
136. .4--GLENWOOD SPRINGS: Fair, but
narrow road in canyon OF Grand
EOS. s.+NEWcAsTLE: Fair. mostly
graded dirt road in Grand River
224 .2-RIdc Mostly rough adobe roads
below foot OF Roam mountains
(Book cliffs and Grand river
24o.T-GRAND VALLEY. Mostly rough
adobe roads below foot OF Roam
mountains Cook clihs) and
Grand river,
245, ,S-UNA STATION: Choice OF routes
on either side of Grand river both
rough. but favor north side on
account or less grades. Mileage is
via south side (possIbIy one and
c-half miles the longestl,
20 DE BEQUE: Route south from
Grand river and via one exceed
ipsly rough road very badly
washed. Across q divide into
Plateau canyon. Joining Plateau
creek about two miles east of
Mesa. Now down the CANYON
with precipltous cliffs. !ncessant-
!y Widening over a convict built
road. with very rutty surface, Ia
the junction OF Plateau creek and
Grand river, Splendid scenery.
2Hl i-CAMEO: tCoai camp across river