The Land of Beautiful Water 



MOUNTAINS 



High mountains almost completely surround the lake, offering 

 unlimited opportunity and variety to the mountain climber. They 

 present almost every physiographic feature from the raw newness 

 of a recent uplift to the old and weathered roundness of an ancient 

 mound. To the west lies the main divide of the Cascade Range, 

 with its vast snow fields and innumerable glaciers and lakes. This 

 is truly an alpine region. Many bold peaks, pushing their rough 

 and jagged tops skyward, challenge the most experienced climbers. 

 Reynolds Peak has an altitude of 8,200 feet. Bonanza Peak stands 

 9,500 feet above sea level, and a few miles to the south Glacier 

 Peak rises to 10,436 feet. On the north and south the Methow 

 Range and the Chelan Ridge run easterly, changing gradually 

 from the alpine region to the broad, pine-covered plateau above the 

 Columbia River. To the east lies the Columbia River Basin of 

 Central Washington. 



GLACIERS 



No one knows just how many glaciers there are in this region. 

 More than 60 large ones are shown on the maps, and many others are 

 known. Just over the Cascade divide they are equally numerous. 

 They are of all sizes from an acre or two to the large semicircular ice 

 field 6 miles across lying at the head of Flat Creek. Deep seamed 

 with crevasses, they occupy the high benches, and when active their 

 cracking and roaring reverberate through the hills as the huge blocks 

 of ice are pushed over the escarpments. Some have smooth running 

 ice streams; others dash in cascade and fall from lake to lake until 

 they reach the valley. 



WATERFALLS AND SMALL LAKES 



Without the more conspicuous features this region would still be 

 well worth visiting on account of the large number and great beauty 

 of its waterfalls and the number of small lakes nestled among the 

 mountains or half hidden among the pines of the higher benches. 



With hardly an exception, there are falls on every stream. On 

 some there are two or three, varying in height from 50 to several 



