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Sierra Club Bulletin. 



Mount Pinchot saw a pass to the northward leading to 

 the head of the South Fork of King's River. Again, 

 in 1906, we pushed up the Middle Fork of King's River 

 to Grouse Valley, and showed conclusively that the upper 

 canon was impassable for animals. Finally, in 1907, 

 George R. Davis and party, of the United States Geo- 

 logical Survey, took a pack train over the Goddard 

 Divide at a time when the higher portions were covered 

 with snow, and worked out of the Middle Fork Basin 

 by Cartridge Creek. This closed the last important gap, 

 and in 1908 the writer, with Mr. James Hutchinson and 

 Mr. Duncan McDuffie, determined to attempt the through 

 trip. 



Roughly speaking, our plan was to start from the 

 Tuolumne Meadows, cross Donohue Pass to Red's 

 Meadow, thence to Fish Creek and over the Lone Indian 

 trail to Mono Creek. We hoped to ascend Mount Ab- 

 bott, and then take the regular trail to Bear Creek, cut 

 across westerly to Blaney Meadows, and up the San 

 Joaquin River and Evolution Creek to the Goddard Di- 

 vide; thence down the Middle Fork of King's River 

 to its confluence with Palisade Creek, up the latter and 

 over the divide to Cartridge Creek. From this point the 

 old sheep trail was to be made use of as far as the head 

 of the South Fork of King's River, and the Pinchot 

 Pass used to reach the source of Woods' Creek, which 

 could then be followed to Glenn Pass and the head of 

 Bubbs' Creek. Such was the route mapped out, though 

 we hoped to make side trips from it, and if possible to 

 follow some higher routes than the ones proposed. 



In the following account I shall describe rather min- 

 utely the route pursued. I trust the reader will pardon 

 this somewhat detailed description, remembering that it 

 is written with a view to helping others follow our track 

 through this wild region, rather than to give a narrative 

 of the trip itself. 



The start was made from Yosemite on the morning 

 of July I, 1908. Our outfit was packed on three of 



