.4 Mountain Vacation Land 



within easv walking distance from Mazama Park. There 

 is a good automobile road from Deming to Heisler Ranch, 



from which point Mazama 

 Park is distant 16 miles by 

 trail. 



The ea.st side of Mount 

 Baker is accessible from 

 Concrete, but owing to the 

 long distance by trail, few 

 people ascend from this 

 point. 



f Baker Lake, which has 



the largest sockeye salmon 

 hatchery in the United 

 States, is 17 miles above 

 Concrete. Across it on a 

 summer evening is cast a 

 perfect likeness of the great 

 mountaii . 



Five miles to the northwest is the Baker Hot Spring, a 

 sulphurous flow boiling from the subterranean depths of 

 the distant crater, at a temperature of 112 F. This 

 spring is hidden beneath the shadow of great trees and 



Crevasse on Mount Baker 



has been improved by the construction of an open 

 swimming pool. 



There are at present no commercial organizations 

 handling the tourist business to Mount Baker. Pack 

 horses are available to make any of the trips above men- 

 tioned, but persons contemplating them would do well 

 to make inquiries in advance. 



Only experienced mountaineers should attempt to 

 reach the summit of Mount Baker without a guide. The 

 climb from Mazama Park is not a hard one, and mixed 

 parties of 25 or 30 have made the ascent. Guides can be 

 secured at Deming, Glacier, or Concrete, and would-be 



Looking into the crater of Mount Baker 



Table Mountain, at the gateway of the Chain Lakes region, is a striking formation 



climbers should plan to spend a week in the vicinity of 

 the mountain to allow for possible cloudy days. 



The Upper Skagit Country 



The Upper .Skagit River country offers attractions of a 

 different type. Here is a paradise for the angler, the 

 main river and its tributaries abounding in Dolly Yarden, 

 rainbow, and cutthroat trout, which may be taken in 

 season. 



Ruby Creek and its headwaters near the summit of the 

 Cascades is a mineralized district, a storied land of early 

 placer discoveries, lost mines, and mythical veins. It 

 contains the ruins of many abandoned camps, water- 



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