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14 The Aspen 7imes . Tuesday, August 29, 1995 e Newspaper Articles The State e From The Associaled f'ress GLENWOOD SPRINGS - Generations or tr:Ivelers nave cHmberl tt= steep. dusty lI3il to liIis . emerald- :md sapphire-dappled laG. !c:lming that much is missed in the rush to get somewh= cise. Millions of em pass Ihe "H:mg- ing ~" exit sign on Inr=slare 70' in Glenwood ~yon. An estilnaled 60.000 a v=-take the mmoff. aban- doning me rigid tr:lvej time clocK.. )rOt all the imoulsive travelers. bent on a quick roadside =ction. reach me lake. The l.:.miie rrail aiong me west fork of De:ld Horse C=k rises almost 1.000 fee'_ The tree-shaded route does more than stretch =-cr:unl'ed legs - mere's a IS-percent ~ in a few sections. ine Fo~t So:rvice signs don't guar:ultee that me lake merits.me .nore. Th='s no prose promising ....rcadian beauty aIIead. "It's worth !t." said Marie Mainviile. 54. coming down. the tr:lil on a hot August day. The California woman looked at rhe hot swe:uy faces of hike:-s wim a mile left to go and said: "Be sure you stOp and see Spout- ing Rock; Don't miss iL - The trail ends at an Elysian scene - a long, wide wail of waterfalls that tumble into a quarter-acre of blue-green lake. Trout swim in the cryStal Waters. protected by a no-fishing rule. In Julv. columbines. asters. harebells and a host of OIher. wild- flowers campier. the idyllic scene. '.It's gorgeous :lnd pe:lceful. ~ven when mere :lre :1 lot or pe0- pie." ,aid P:lula Johnston. a Forest Sc",ice outdoor =",ation planner. In the wime" rhe raJIs f= into bi2 blue icicles and cover the rock r~c~ :loove {he J<lke. fn AueusL thl::' ,':lils infuse the f0resr with the rumbl~ i')f a freight tt:lin. The .;ooj mists pull down me e 26 The trail ends at an Elysian scene - a long, wide wall of waterfaJls that tumbfe into. a quarter.acre of bfue-green lake. i , I I .\ .~ .1 ! , I Through the 19508. rhete was a \ restaUlllnL scable :md resort com- j ple~ along the Colorado River . where the mW SlllltS. Johnson said. Glenwood. Springs owned the . land for years before asking the Fon:st SOlVice to rake ove: N=r the:: toO or the truil.. where Stre11g'.h obbe,{ and in= waned. hike,.; on the waY down coaxed. gasping piignms on the:.r way up. -[ doubt d1:u I'd do.itag3in. but I'm :.r!:ld r lid it:' said Chari~s \t{ille~. ~9. or" Yuma. .~z. "Thc:e ~ io(s or' '.voreri::l11s. It's like.:t :''':]In r"o~sr ..