The North and East Inlets are the two principal rivers entering
beautiful Grand Lake. Each flows from cirques under the Continental
Divide. Lake Nokoni and Lake Nanita, among the most romantic of the
park, are reached from a trail connecting with both sides of the park by
the Flattop Trail. Lake Verna and her unnamed sisters are the beautiful
sources of the East Inlet and are reached by trail.
[Illustration: GRAND LAKE ON THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE PARK]
_Grace photo._
While not yet as celebrated as the showier and more populated east side,
the west side of Rocky Mountain National Park has rugged charm. The
Continental Divide, bent from the north and called the "Never Summer
Mountains", rises from the western shore of the Colorado River. On every
side the mountains lift bald peaks, magnificent canyons penetrate the
precipices of the Divide, and beautiful streams rush down the mountain
slopes to the river.