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denly we came out above the fog, and what had been a cold, cheerless 
fog proved a sea of wonderful billowy clouds, with peaks rising like 
small islands from an angry tempest-swept sea, the clouds rolling up 
to where we stood, threatening to sweep us off our feet, the rising 
sun tinting the crest of the billows a delicate crimson. Coming as 
it did after the gloom and chill we had just passed through, the con- 
trast was overpowering. All the way up, over the glacier, we re- 
peatedly looked back. From the summit we could easily make out 
Baker, Rainier, St. Helens and other peaks above the clouds, and the 
latter breaking, we could look down into the canyons and timbered 
valleys far below. We made the summit at 9:10, staved an hour, and 
descended to main camp at 11:50, and after a brief rest and lunch, 
took the back trail, arriving at Buck Creek camp about seven that 
evening. I mention the time, as it may be of interest to fhe Moun- 
taineers, who preceded us the year previous, and greatly helped us 
by the trails they had blazed to Glacier Peak. 
The Mazamas broke main camp the next morning, August 16th, 
and camped that evening below Cloudy Pass, stayed over an extra 
day to give all an opportunity to visit Lyman Lake and Glacier, and 
then retraced their way down Agnes Creek, stopping at Bullion over 
night. and reaching Stehekin at noon the next day, August 20th. 
The Mazamas left that afternoon for Lakeside, caught the steam- 
boat at Chelan Falls next morning, the train at Wenatchee that after- 
noon, and were back in Portland Monday morning, August 21st. 
R. L. GLISAN 
The Appalachians spent about two weeks during 
this summer among the summits and trails of 
the Sandwich range, just north of Lake Winnipe- 
saukee. There were about thirty members in the party and 
nearly twenty made the climb of Whiteface and Passaconaway, 
about 4,000 feet high. The club maintains a small shelter at 
the foot of the cone of the mountain in which as many spent 
the night as the size of the shelter would permit. Fourteen of 
the party climbed Sandwich dsme, which made a good half day climb. 
The program for the last week included a climb to Chocorua, a day 
at Bear Camp Pond and an overnight temporary camp at Black Moun- 
tain Pond, high up under the south knob of the mountain. The char- 
acter of eastern mountain climbing as compared to climbing here- 
abouts is well indicated by the following reference to the path being 
marked by a sign: “Any who think of tramping in to Flat Mountain 
Pond from Whiteface should inquire the way, since the wood road 
leading to the path is not marked with a sign.” The Appalachians 
maintain a number of huts and camps about the White Mountains for 
the use of whoever may pass. 
Appalachian Camp 
at Whiteface 
The 1911 outing of the Sierra Club was held in 
the Yosemite National Park. A preliminary camp 
was established in Yosemite Valley for the two 
weeks preceding the main outing. The unusually high water in the 
streams made a wonderful spectacle of the falls this year and the 
Activities ofthe Sierra 
Club During 1911 
