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better had it been if this great mass of coolness could 

 have been manufactured near New York. From the 

 snout of the glacier we penetrated a large cavern for fifty 

 feet or more until the sharp cracking drove us precipi- 

 tately out into the sunshine. 



Dividing our photographic impedimenta equally among 

 the party we started on our walk over the surface of the 

 glacier and headed for the pass, a semi-circular notch 

 in the mountain. Our guide in advance carefully picked 

 the trail, avoiding crevasses and hidden pits full of melt- 

 ed snow. As we approached the northern edge of the 

 glacier we stopped to film several hanging glaciers set 

 in circular depressions and apparently held in place by 

 ridges of rocks at the lower edge. Suddenly without 

 warning an enormous mass of ice broke off from one of 

 the glaciers, and loosening the rocks below started a 

 veritable avalanche. Immense boulders sprang straight 

 out from these ridges, and dropping from cliff to cliff 



A READY MADE FOREST SERVICE CAMP 



This is one of the camps the Service supplies for the benefit of 

 visitors. Trout caught just ten feet away from the stove are being 

 fried for dinner. 



swiftly sped downward to the ice upon which we stood. 

 So great was the impetus that many were carried beyond 

 us, and one reached the leg of the tripod of the moving 

 camera. We gathered up our belongings and beat a very 

 hasty retreat to safety. For an hour or more the down- 

 pour of rocks continued with deafening roar. With the 

 passing around of the sun the cool air soon stopped the 

 melting of ice and quiet was once more restored. From 

 time to time we encountered great crevasses of unknown 

 depths. Far down in these we heard the sound of the 

 rushing waters which contribute to the powerful stream 

 emerging through the cavern in the glacier's snout. A 

 misstep and that would be the end. Pressing on we 

 reached the summit and glim])sed for the first time the 

 western slope of the Cascades. The view was inspiring 

 and beautiful. Immense forests, vistas of plains and val- 

 leys unfolded to our delighted vision. 



A GLIMPSE OF THE WONDERFUL SCENIC COUNTRY 



Every true nature lover will enthuse over a trip to the Chelan 



country. 



Back to the camp we came for another night of sooth- 

 ing sleep on beds of pine boughs. With lusty appe- 

 tites we devoured a tasty "mulligan," the delectable con- 

 coction of the Forest Service man. 



Another day dawned and we left camp for Cloudy 

 Pass. The scenery was magnificent every foot of the 

 way. Half way up we stopped to rest the horses and 

 chat with a couple of miners digging out thin sheets of 



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BREAKING CAMP FOR THE HOMEWARD TRIP 



A driving storm blowing up the pass hastened our return to the 



valley. 



