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Identification:
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Preferred Structure Name:
| Flattop Mountain Trail
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Structure Number:
| FR-06
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Other Structure Name(s):
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Other Structure Name(s)
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1.
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Grand Trail
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2.
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Big Trail
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Park:
| Rocky Mountain National Park
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Historic District:
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Historic District
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| No records. |
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Structure State:
| Colorado
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Structure County:
| Larimer
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Region:
| Intermountain
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Cluster:
| Rocky Mountain
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Administrative Unit:
| Rocky Mountain National Park
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LCS ID:
| 663441
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Historical Significance:
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National Register Status:
| Entered - Documented
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National Register Date:
| 09/27/2007
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National Historic Landmark?:
| No
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Significance Level:
| Local
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Short Significance Description:
| East Longs Peak Trail is eligible for listing on the National Register, at a local level, under Criteria A and C. The periods of significance are: 1925 - 1945.
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Long Significance Description:
| Flattop Mountain Trail is eligible for listing on the National Register, at a local level, under Criterion A as it is representative of entertainment/recreation for its association with the early resort industry and tourism in the Estes Park region, for its connection to the twentieth-century movement to develop national parks for public enjoyment, and with the involvement of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). And Criterion C for the area of landscape architecture as the trail’s configuration and materials reflects the National Park Service naturalistic design of the 1920s – 1940s. The periods of significance are: 1925 - 1945.
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Construction Period:
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Construction Period:
| Historic
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Chronology:
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Physical Event
| Begin Year
| Begin Year AD/BC
| End Year
| End Year AD/BC
| Designer
| Designer Occupation
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1.
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Built
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1925
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AD
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1925
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AD
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2.
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Rehabilitated
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1940
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AD
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1940
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AD
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CCC
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Other
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Function and Use:
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Primary Historic Function:
| Hiking Trail
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Primary Current Use:
| Hiking Trail
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Structure Contains Museum Collections?:
| No
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Other Functions or Uses:
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Other Function(s) or Use(s)
| Historic or Current
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| No records. |
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Physical Description:
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Structure Type:
| Trail/Walk
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Material(s):
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Structural Component(s)
| Material(s)
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1.
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Superstructure
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Earth
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2.
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Superstructure
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Stone
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3.
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Superstructure
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Log
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Short Physical Description:
| Flattop Mountain Trail is located on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park. The trail climbs 2,800 feet in 4.5 miles. Dry-laid rock walls, and rock and log checks facilitate the trail’s rapid climb.
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Long Physical Description:
| Flattop Mountain Trail is located on the east side of Rocky Mountain National Park. The trail begins at Bear Lake, 9,500 foot elevation, and moves northeast onto Bierstadt Moraine. From here, the trail turns westward, following the spine of the moraine to the flank of Flattop Mountain. Then the trail uses switchbacks to ascend the northeast side of the mountain, achieving the 12,324 foot high summit on the Continental Divide. The trail is 4.5 miles long, with the width ranging from 2 to 5 feet. Broad views, combined with a relatively quick and strenuous ascent, define the trip up the Flattop Tail. Dry-laid rock walls and rock and log checks facilitate the trail’s rapid climb.
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