Sierra Club Bulletin. 



rising something over 12,000 feet, looks down upon the 

 Httle lakes toward which we had plunged on the day be- 

 fore. Following along the ragged rock of the ridge we 

 scaled the pinnacle above and to the east of Glenn Pass, 

 then scrambled to the top of Rixford, crossed over to 

 Gould and rested upon its fantastic summit. From here 

 we descended on the eastern side of the divide to linger 

 for a few moments about Heart Lake, then crossed back 

 over Kearsarge Pass on the old trail. 



Much of the sky was overcast with black storm-clouds 

 and sunshine alternated with rain, producing most weird 

 and beautiful cloud effects. Though by no means as high 

 as many another peak, Rixford, set in the center of what 

 is one of the most ragged sections of the country, offers to 

 the mountaineer an unsurpassed spectacle. Half a mile 

 below our feet lay Rae Lake appareled most exquisitely 

 in purple and green. Above the glacier-swept valley, the 

 mountains lift their heads in defiance to the storms. To 

 the east lies the long sweep of Owens Valley. To the 

 south are Bullfrog and the Kearsarge lakes. Above 

 them is the sharp arete of the Kearsarge Pinnacles and 

 University Peak, the white patches of snow emphasizing 

 by contrast the extreme blackness of the storm-drenched 

 rocks. On the horizon, piercing the sky-line with their 

 sharp and angular crowns, stands that unsurpassed clus- 

 ter of peaks which, radiating from Central Peak, includes 

 Bradley, Keith, Junction, Stanford, Deerhorn and the 

 spurs of the two Videttes. To the west, the gentler val- 

 leys of Bubb's Creek and Charlotte Lake. To the north- 

 west, between Mt. Gardner and Fin Dome, the Sixty Lake 

 Basin, thickly studded with emerald tarns. In five hours 

 we traveled as many miles and never set foot below 12,000 

 feet. Nameless peaks by the score loomed about us on 

 every side. The most vivid impressions of the whole out- 

 ing came from this day in the clouds in the region of 

 Rixford and Gould. 



Next day we moved down Bubb's Creek to Junction 

 Meadow, about a mile below East Creek, where we 



