Crossing the flattop Trail which here ascends from the settlements below on its way to the west side, and skirting the top of the Tyndall Glacier, a scramble of four hundred feet lands him on the summit of Hallett Peak, 12,725 feet in altitude.
"The Book of the National Parks"
Robert Sterling Yard
Meantime flattop Trail invites valley dwellers of all degrees, afoot and horseback, up to a point on the divide from which Hallett's summit and its stupendous view is no great conquest.
"The Book of the National Parks"
Robert Sterling Yard
Ascend the precipitous east side by the flattop Trail, for instance, and notice particularly the broad, rolling level of the continental divide.
"The Book of the National Parks"
Robert Sterling Yard