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ful meadows which abound with wild- 

 flowers in mid-summer. The stream is 

 stocked with eastern brook and rainbow 

 trout. A public campground borders the 

 creek for a mile or so on the right of the 

 highway and is reached by a narrow 

 road leading off to the right. 



G HORSE RIDGE. To the right on 



m the horizon is Horse Ridge, a point 

 famous for winter ski trips. Horse 

 Ridge, 9000 feet in elevation, is directly 

 above Ostrander Lake on the shore of 

 which is Ostrander Ski Hut. This hut 

 is open approximately February 15 to 

 April 15, and is reached either on skis 

 or by weasel trips operating out of Bad- 

 ger Pass. Overnight reservations must 

 be made in advance. 



G CLARK RANGE VIEW. Directly 

 7 across the canyon is the Clark 

 Range. Mt. Clark, the peak at the 

 right -center, is 11,506 feet 

 in elevation and was named after Galen 

 Clark, the first guardian of the Yosem- 

 ite Grant. This peak normally retains 

 some snow throughout the year. The 

 prominent sugar-loaf shaped peak is Mt. 

 Starr King, named for a well-known 

 Unitarian pastor whose writings in the 

 1860's called attention to the wonders 

 of Yosemite. 



G POTHOLE MEADOW. Pothole 

 q Meadow on the left derives its name 

 from large depressions in the form 

 of circular pools about five feet in diam- 

 eter. Deep under the ground are hollows 



in the solid rock which were formed dur- 

 ing the Ice Age. The hollows fill with 

 water and form the pools. Here is one 

 of the few definite evidences that gla- 

 ciers reached such elevation. In summer 

 a beautiful display of wildflowers grows 

 in this meadow. In season the shooting 

 star, corn lily and the rarely-seen marsh 

 marigold are prominent. 



G VIEW OF SENTINEL DOME. 

 q looking ahead and slightly to the 

 left you will see Sentinel Dome. 

 The tree on the very summit is the 

 world-famous Jeffrey pine which grows 

 out of solid rock. A side road leads to the 

 point about 200 feet below the summit. 

 From there you can reach the summit 

 of the dome on foot. 



G SWITCHBACKS, This road fol- 

 - ^ lows much of the original road of 



'" 1882. Surprisingly you drop down 

 600 feet to reach Glacier Point. The 

 downhill bend of the lower part of tree 

 trunks is the result of snow pressure on 

 the hillside during winter when these 

 trees were young. 



WASHBURN POINT. In the 



__ 1870's and 1880's the Washburn 

 * ■ Brothers drove their visitors from 

 their Hotel Wawona either to Glacier 

 Point or to the turn-around at the pres- 

 ent Washburn Point, thus accounting 

 for the name. Even without the view of 

 Yosemite Valley the sweeping scene of 

 the high Sierra from this point is most 

 impressive. Some visitors today believe 

 that they are at Glacier Point and re- 

 turn without going any farther. 



Clark Range from Glacier Point Road 



