10.27 p.s. o'7 168. Rocky Mountains Nat'l. Parks June 26 1931 Trip through Never Summer Range on horse back by G.M.H. & B.J.T. Elevation 8500-11,000 ft. Showers intermittent. The valley of the Colorado above Scotty's Duel Ranch (Phantom Ranch) is a willow marsh for 6 miles. Spruces, Doug Fir, Lodge Pole Pines present. Good grass. Two Beaver ponds but trouble seen, probably more present. Two small sheepdogs with dilapidated log cabins & barns. Scotty's horses gaze up in here, but no browsing evident. Deer: Fresh deer tracks were in Scotty's yard. 4 had been seen there the previous day. Two deer seen in willow thicket 3 miles north of Scottys, 4 deer seen up toward Ditch. Deer tracks seen all along trip. This whole Never Summer Range is the most ideal deer summer range dip ever seen. Plenty of water, shelter and an abundance of shrubs, dwarf blueberry, grasses. It is a lush undergrowth, and would make wonderful elk summer range. Elk: a band of 47 was seen in Poudre Pass last fall. None go into the Never Summer Range. But