Mountaineering on the Pacific Coast 

 contains Tehipitee Valley, with its great dome ris- 

 ing 3700 feet above the river, while below Tehipitee 

 the canon is 7000 feet deep. The South Fork Gafion, 

 or Kings River Gaiion, is of the Yosemite type, 

 though by no means so fine. It averages 3000 feet in 

 depth, has a fine level forested floor, but lacks the 

 splendid waterfalls and meadows of the Yosemite. 



The basin of the Kern contains the highest peak 

 in the United States, Mount Whitney (14,501 feet). 

 Mount Williamson (14,384 feet). Mount Tyndall 

 (14,025 feet). Mount Langley (14,042 feet), Kaweah 

 Peak (13,816 feet), and a host of other high points 

 fringe the rim. The basin is reached either by way 

 of Visalia, Three Rivers, and Mineral King on the 

 west, or by Lone Pine and the Hockett Trail on the 

 east. 



The mountaineer who wishes to visit these 

 glorious mountains and who is unfamiliar with 

 routes and topography should consult the Moun- 

 taineers' Club of Seattle (522 Pioneer building), the 

 Mazama Club of Portland (Chamber of Commerce 

 building, or the Sierra Club of San Francisco (402 

 Mills building). The excellent contour maps of the 

 United States Geological Survey will be of the 

 greatest possible assistance. 



REFERENCES 



LE CONTE, J. N. 



1907. The High Sierra of California. Amer. Alpine Club 

 Publ., vol. 1, no. 1, 16 pp., illus. 

 MAZAMA CLUB. 



1896-1905. A record of mountaineering in the Pacific North- 

 west. Vols. 1, 2, illus. 

 MOUNTAINEERS' CLUB OF SEATTLE. 



1907. The Mountaineer; vols. 1-3. 

 MUIR, J. 



1907. Mountains of California. (Century Co., New York), 

 381 pp., illus. 

 SIERRA CLUB, SAN FRANCISCO. 



1893-1912. The Sierra Club Bulletin; vols. 1-8, pis., illus. 

 WHITNEY, J. D. 



1865. The High Sierra. Report on geology; Calif. Geol. 

 Surv., pp. 364-450. 

 WILLIAMS, J. H. 



1910. The mountain that was "God." (J. H. Williams, 



Tacoma), 111 pp., pis., figs. 

 1912. The guardians of the Columbia: Mount Hood, Mount 

 Adams and Mt. St. Helens. (J. H. Williams, Ta- 

 coma), 142 pp., illus. 

 1914. Yosemite and its High Sierra. (J. H. Williams, 

 Tacoma and San Francisco), 145 pp., illus. 



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