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1957 Map of Mount Evans

Name: 1957 Topographic Map of Mount Evans
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 1970
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 1970

About this map

Mt Evans and Mt Bierstadt anchor this high-altitude survey of the Front Range during the late 1950s. The landscape is defined by the high-alpine divide separating Arapaho National Forest to the north from Pike National Forest to the south. A dense network of glacial features and drainage basins includes Chicago Lakes, Naylor Lake, and the high Summit Lake located just below the summit of Mt Evans.

Human presence is marked by high-country infrastructure like the Shelter Cabin and the utilitarian Roberts Diversion Tunnel cutting through the granite below Geneva Creek. Early access routes are preserved in the form of the Pack Trail and Jeep Trail winding through Gomer Creek and over the notable Guanella Pass, providing a technical view of the region's watershed and topography before major modern developments changed the character of these mountain corridors.