NO. 30 



SMITHSONIAN EXPLORATIONS, I912 



River valley, the Moose Pass camp and the Robson Pass ramp. 

 Many fine photographs were secured, and a reconnoissance section 

 made of the great block of Cambrian and ( )rdovician strata from 

 which the mountains of this region have been formed by uplift and 

 er< >sion. 



The most beautiful scenery was met with in the vicinity of Robson 

 Peak. From a point 1,800 feet above the Robson Pass camp, one of 

 the most interesting and superb views is obtained (fig. 27). The 



Fig. 23. — Kodak view of a storm gathering over the Robson massif. In 

 the foreground Smoky River flowing out of Lake Adolphus. Above the 

 latter Robson Pass ami then Berg Lake. The three glaciers llun.ua. Blue, 

 and Chupo, are seen in profile on the left. Photograph by Walcott, [912. 



horses in the photograph are near the edge of a cliff overlooking and 

 rising 1,700 feet above the lake. Robson Peak rises cliff on cliff from 

 the lake 7,000 feet (2,130 meters) to the summit, where the vapors 

 from the Pacific gather nearly every day of the year. ( )n the western 

 side the slope is 8,800 feet ( 2,071) meters ) from the summit to the floor 

 of the valle\ above Lake Kinney. < >n the east and southeast the upper 

 3,000 feet are very precipitous, but below the slope is more gentle, 

 forming the neve of the great Hunga (chief) Glacier. One of the 



