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The ordinary traveler will not be able to reach Buena 

 Vista Crest on the first day. providing his trip has been 

 prompted by a love of scenery, and a camp of unusual 

 charm may be found in any one of several meadows 

 along Buena Vista Creek. An additional advantage in 

 stopping before reaching Buena Vista Crest is the glory 



frog jumj) in comparison to the greater heights that 

 must be scaled in order to get out of the Yosemite 

 Valley. In addition to this, the view along the trail is 

 more open and interesting so that the ascent is made 

 with comparative ease. 



On arrival at the summit, the minarettes and the 



Photograf^h by Boysen, Yosemite 



LAKE TENAYA IX YOSEMITE PARK 



This lake is about half-way from the Yosemite Valley to the summit of the Sierra Nevada. The Desmond Park Service Company will build, in 

 the near future, a mountain inn on the shore of the lake and will operate a line of auto stages from the new hotel on the floor of the 

 valley to the lake and the snow-capped peaks beyond. No longer shall this exquisitely beautiful lake be a hidden gem of the Sierras. 



of an early arrival at the summit of the ridge from 

 whence the Valley of the Illilouette and the peaks to 

 the east of the Yosemite Valley form a startling array in 

 the early morning sun. 



There is nothing really difficult after Glacier Point is 

 left, until the ascent to Fernandez Pass is begun. The 

 trail to the Pass leads through some rather rocky coun- 

 try and skirts the northern side of the glacial cirque 

 which holds Breeze Lake cupped in the hollow of its 

 granite walls. From the last turn in the trail that 

 gives a view of Breeze Lake, the way steepens and the 

 going becomes less and less easy. 



The total ascent from Moraine Meadows, which is 

 generally made the second night's camp out, to Fer- 

 nandez Pass, is only about fifteen hundred feet, a mere 



Ritter group burst on the view with startling sudden- 

 ness. This group of saw-tooth peaks is the finest to be 

 had in the northern Sierra and was at one time con- 

 tained within the boundaries of the Yosemite National 

 Park. The Government, however, no doubt on the rec- 

 ommendation of some official whose knowledge of snow- 

 clad peaks was born of long experience in the fastnesses 

 of Long Island, saw fit to eliminate a great area to the 

 southwest of the Yosemite National Park which contained 

 not only the Ritter group but hundreds of lakes and 

 unusual examples of volcanic formation. As a result 

 of this action, the trail after crossing Fernandez Pass 

 is outside the present boundaries of the Park until it 

 again crosses the line at Isberg Pass. The trail, of course, 

 cannot be kept up with the same care that National 



