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opened an attractive vista down the canon. Following 

 down the stream by waterfalls and cascades, we kept on 

 to camp, trailing for the last two miles through a natural 

 park of alpine evergreens. 



Early the following morning, by request of the climbing 

 committee, I endeavored to lead a party of eleven up 

 Niles Peak. We went up the west fork, skirted the south- 

 west slope of Niles to the skyline ridge, in accordance with 

 directions secured from one of the Swiss guides, and made 

 our way up the ridge. Thence we followed the trail up 

 the steep snow and loose rock which had been made by 

 the Swiss guide who had taken the previous day's party. 

 After climbing well up on the ridge, it was impossible 

 to miss the route, as sheer walls of rock on the north 

 dropped to the glacier below, while steep snow-fields 

 sloped to the south from the ridge on which we were 

 standing. A snow cornice formed the summit, which 

 was reached in four hours from camp — almost record 

 time. The view was far superior to that obtained from 

 Daly, although the two summits are not over five miles 

 apart in an air line, and Niles is not quite so high. We 

 had a perfect view of Daly, could see the Daly party 

 leaving the glacier below, could follow the glacier through 

 its entire length, could see the downward slope westerly 

 where Takakkaw Falls leap out from the ice and drop 

 nineteen hundred feet to the floor of Yoho Valley. The 

 falls were not visible, as we were some distance back. 

 We secured a comprehensive view of the opposite side of 

 Yoho Valley, could see Emerald Lake to the southwest, 

 while to the south Victoria, Cathedral, and other prom- 

 inent snow peaks were brought out in strong relief by a 

 band of clear, almost vivid light, which extended from 

 the horizon to a canopy of dark clouds just above the 

 range. It seemed as though a broad curtain had been 

 partially rolled up to disclose the wonderful panorama. 

 The threatening storm made us somewhat uneasy, so we 

 left the summit and coasted down several steep snow- 

 slopes, an adventure in which alpenstocks proved far 



