28 The Mountaineer 



Dodwell and Rixon's Pass is superb ; and the west sum- 

 mit of the mountain afifords a fine panorama to the 

 north, east and south, the beautifully shaped, pecu- 

 liarly precipitous peaks of the peninsula standing forth 

 in dense array, etched in a strong outline of snow and 

 ice against dark rock. In the distance appear Rainier, 

 Baker, and other snow peaks, while to the west the 

 landscape falls ofif rapidly to the dense woods which 

 stretch to the Pacific. 



As for Baker, undoubtedly the easiest way of 

 climbing it — from the southwest — has been found. The 

 packers even got a horse up to what they called "the 

 equator." But the mountain lacks dignity viewed from 

 that side, and we regretted not having first approached 

 it from the north. Our stay with the Mazamas, while 

 short, was delightful, the "owls" particularly exerting 

 themselves in our behalf. 



Crater Lake, Oregon, more than justified high ex- 

 pectations. It deserves a place well up on the list of 

 the national parks of the country, and should certainly 

 be visited by all Mountaineers who have not done so, 

 not for mountaineering feats, but as a spectacle. Lake 

 and crater are best viewed from Watchman's Peak. 

 We were more than charmed with the unrivaled blues 

 of the lake and with the steep crater sides, suggesting 

 in their erosion the Grand Canyon of Arizona and in 

 coloring the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, while 

 the scientific interest is inexhaustible. 



Never have brother Emerson and myself been more 

 hospitably treated, never have we more thoroughly en- 

 joyed the hearty good fellowship of the great out-of- 

 doors, than at the hands of the Mountaineers. In our 

 future wanderings may we always find at hand those 

 governed by the same rule of action — "Each for all! 

 All for each!" 



Sitting in my den, it all comes back to me. I see 

 the Olympics from Moraine Park, in the golden sun- 



