The trail is one of our best friends!

"If it be true that one's best friend is that individual who can make us do our best, then the trail is the most powerful of all silent friends. It kindly compels us to do our best without one word of advice. It teaches us as though it taught us not."

Enos Mills,
founder, Rocky Mountain National Park

Photos: (Top) Rosy and Western Yellow Paintbrush, St. Louis Lake, near Fraser, CO, August 8, 2015; (Middle) Cairn, St. Louis Divide Trail, CO, August 8, 2015; (Bottom) Colorado Columbine, with the Sharksteeth in the background, Rocky Mountain National Park CO, August 15, 2015

A climb up the Rockies will put one in touch with the Infinite

"A climb up the Rockies will . . . put one in tune with the Infinite . . . The Rockies . . . stir one's blood and strengthen and sweeten life."

Enos Mills,
Father of Rocky Mountain National Park

Photos: (L) Elephanthead and Mt. Alice, near Thunder Lake; (R) Alpine Sunflowers and Lake of Many Winds; Both photos were taken in Rocky Mountain National Park; August 18, 2014

The trail seeks out all the beauty spots and like a great character, finds only that which is best.

"The trail is the short Northwest passage to Nature's wonderland.  With all its curves and windings it is essentially poetic; it knows the beauty of flowing lines; it is ever in the midst of those things that charm and cheer. It seeks out all the beauty spots and like a great character, finds only that which is the best."

Enos Mills

Photos: Stephen at a section of the PCT near Chinook Pass, Gifford Pinchot National Forest, WA.  That's Mount Rainier with Magenta Paintbrush in the second photo.

Like a great character, the trail finds only the places that are the best.

 

"The trail is essentially poetic; it knows the beauty of flowing lines.  It seeks out all the beauty spots and, like a great character, finds only that which is the best."

Enos Mills
founder, Rocky Mountain National Park  

Photo: Arthur's Rock Trail, Lory State Park, CO; December 5, 2013

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The trail is the most powerful of all silent friends, always encouraging us to do our best.

"If it be true that one's best friend is that individual who can make us do our best, then the trail is the most powerful of all silent friends. It kindly compels us to do our best without one word of advice. It teaches us as though it taught us not."

Enos Mills,
founder of Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo: Changing Aspen colors along the Mandall Lakes Trail, Flattops Wilderness, CO; September 29, 2013

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Within National Parks is room in which to find ourselves.

"Within National Parks is room - glorious room - room in which to find ourselves, in which to think and hope, to dream and plan, to rest and resolve."

Eno Mills,
founder, Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo: Marsh-Marigold, Finch Lake and Copland Peak, Wild Basin, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO; June 8, 2013

A trail seeks out all the beauty spots and, like a great character, finds only that which is the best.

"The trail is the passage to nature's wonderland.  With all its curves and windings it is essentially poetic; it knows the beauty of flowing lines; it is ever in the midst of those things that charm and cheer.  It seeks out all the beauty spots and, like a great character, finds only that which is the best."

Enos Mills,
founder, Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo: Snowy Engelmann Spruce and Subalpine Fir next to the Montgomery Pass Trail; Medicine Bow Mountains, CO; March 2, 2013

Our Country's Best Natural Settings Encourage Us to Do OUR Best

 

"Saving our best scenes is the saving of humanity.  These places encourage every one to do his best.  Scenery is our noblest resource . . . Along with mountain-climbing, scenery shakes us free from ourselves and the world."

Enos Mills, founder, Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo: Rosy Paintbrush near Thunder Pass, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, August 22, 2011

A Climb in the Rockies Puts Us in Tune with the Infinite

 

"A climb up the Rockies will develop a love for nature, strengthen one's appreciation of the beautiful world outdoors, and put one in tune with the Infinite.  The Rockies are rich in mountain scenes which stir one's blood and which strengthen and sweeten life."

Enos Mills, founder, Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo: Queen's Crown in the foreground, with the Sharkstooth in the background, on the shore of Sky Pond, Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, August 19, 2011

A Mountaintop Vista Unveils Life as a Tranquil Dream

"When one climbs a high pinnacle on the vast cathedrals of this world, one seems to mingle with the universe, and the subtle and changing panoramas of all time; all the glad hopes and dreams you may have had before are yours again, and all life is a tranquil dream."

Enos Mills, founder, Rocky Mountain National Park

Photo: Looking into Rocky Mountain National Park from the Greyrock Trail, Roosevelt National Forest, CO, November 19, 2010