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]\Iethow. The lower hills are covered with a comfortable shade of open yellow 

 pine timber. The streams are clear and swift. 



From State Road No. 12, trails lead 12 or 15 miles to the rugged peaks of the 

 Sa\\i:ooth Mountains, 8,000 feet high, which overlook Lake Chelan in its wonderful 

 setting of mountain scenery. Trails also lead down from the summit to the shore 

 of the lake, a distance of about 6 miles. 



There are trout in the streams and deer in the hills, and stores and farm 

 houses along the valley to furnish supplies. Innumerable sheltered places invite 

 the tourist to camp in quiet enjoyment. At Alta Lake, near Pateros, the water 

 is clear and warm enough for bathing. Sixty-five miles up the valley the road 

 narrows to a "narrow gauge," or trail, which leads through Harts Pass and then 

 down the western slopes of the Cascades and along the route of the proposed 

 State road crossing the mountains to the coast. At Twisp a road strikes east, 

 crossing the Okanogan Range at an elevation of 4,000 feet and going down to 

 Okanogan. This is usually open to automobiles by May i, and has excellent 

 places to camp in the yellow pine timber, particularly near Sweat Creek Ranger 

 Station, where the country is smooth and pleasing, having an elevation of 3,500 

 feet above sea level. From Okanogan State Road No. 10 leads up the valley to 

 Oroville, near the Canadian line. 



A return trip may be made through the foothills by way of Loomis and 

 Conconully to Okanogan, and thence south to Pateros. From Oroville one may 

 take a popular run into British Columbia around Lakes Osoyoos and Okanogan. 

 There is a Government reclamation project and dam at Conconully. Many 

 attractive places invite the tourist to camp along the route. One can find hotel 

 accommodation and make the trip from Wenatchee to Okanogan, Oroville, Con- 

 conully, Twisp, and return to Wenatchee in three or four days; but many prefer to 

 go prepared to camp and enjoy more fully the cool and shady places along the way. 



Tourists looking for an unusually picturesque trip may outfit at Winthrop, 

 go with pack horses up Eight Ilile Creek to Cathedral Lake, thence west to the 

 summit of the Cascades, south along the summit to Harts Pass, and return through 

 Mazama to Winthrop. This trip may be made in two weeks, but deserves a much 

 longer time. 



At Cathedral Lakes the traveler is near the Bauerman Ridge State sheep 

 preserv^e, where he may get sight of mountain sheep. At the head of Eight Mile 



