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be followed. The great Klickitat trail from the Yakima and 
Klickitat valleys into the lower Columbia by way of Lewis 
River followed that course and it is said that the trail is 
centuries old. There are places over the southern flanks of 
Adams where that trail is worn several feet in depth through 
the soft voleanie soil. If the aboriginal generations that have 
trodden that deep-worn trail could only rise and speak, what 
a resurrection it would be. 
Another unique feature of Adams is the great river of 
lava on the south side, five hundred yards or more in width, 
a tinted, contorted stream of stiffened fire. 
The glacial system of Adams is vast and interesting, though 
not equal to that of Rainier, with one exception, and that 
exception is the Klickitat Glacier on the east side, the crown- 
ing glory of Adams. 
Imagine a well of purple, red, and saffron cliffs, the old 
volcanic vents, rising almost perpendicularly nearly a mile, 
and across its mighty turrets the glistening points of ice and 
on its crown the cornices of snow. 
It is one of the experiences of a lifetime to gaze upward 
at that stupendous wall, and then, having climbed to the sum- 
mit to crawl to the verge of that frightful precipice and peer 
over down that mile of nearly vertical descent. There is per- 
haps no scene of the kind so impressive, even overwhelming, 
in all our mountains, as the great Klickitat Glacier of Mount 
Adains. 
At the foot of Adams is a region of caves, some filled with 
ice, stalactites and stalagmites, strange and beautiful. 
All in all, Nature was in an exuberant mood when she 
wrought the wonders of this mighty pile, and when the Moun- 
taineers make this their outing for next summer they cannot 
fail to find an abundance of the same rich and indescribable 
charm which we always find in following the foot prints of 
the Mighty Mother. 
