ASCENT OF MOUNT MORAN, GIANT OF THE TETONS 



JJR mountaineering experiences of last summer commenced with 



the traverse of Mount Mansfield, Vermont, in a storm. My 

 wife and I descended its northern cliffs and found our way down a 

 precipitous ravine for two thousand feet into Smuggler's Notch. In 

 the Canadian Rockies we again viewed the wonders of the Yoho Val- 

 ley, adding to our peaks in that vicinity the northern arete of Mount 

 Marpole, an interesting climb up walls of disintegrated rock. With 

 long journeys afoot we traversed the northern section of Glacier 

 Park in Montana, finding no habitations, but fine mountain scenery, 

 and we continued through Waterton Lakes Park into Canada. After- 

 ward we visited the Pacific Coast and returned to climb the hills of 

 Lafayette Park in Maine. Perhaps our most interesting experience 

 was in the Teton Range south of Yellowstone Park. 



Scenically, the finest approach to the wonders of the Yellowstone 

 is by way of its eastern entrance through Shoshone Cafion. Climb- 

 ing through tunnels in towering walls of gray arid pink, we came to 

 the great Shoshone dam, which has formed a lake ten miles in length. 

 In the forest beyond there are many rocky pinnacles of fantastic 

 form, the most beautiful group being called the Holy City. After en- 

 tering the park there is a distant view from the heights of Yellow- 

 stone Lake, with the Tetons looming majestically on the horizon. 

 After renewing our acquaintance with the exquisitely colored Grand 

 Canon of the Yellowstone, with its magnificent falls, we ascended 

 Mount Washburn for its comprehensive view of the park. Visiting 

 the hot springs and geysers, we finally left Old Faithful for the sev- 

 enty-mile trip to Moran on Jackson Lake. At Yellowstone Lake we 

 paused to view the bubbling paint-pots with their rose-colored mud. 

 Passing Lewis Lake and river, with colorful meadows and glimpses 

 of deer, of elk, and of moose, we came finally to the crooked Snake 

 and the long valley of Jackson Lake. This once beautiful lake has 

 been recently dammed for irrigation, but in raising its level the trees 

 on its shores were left standing, so that at low water there is a large 

 area of utter devastation. It is proposed in like manner to make res- 



By LeRoy Jeffers, A.C., F.R.G.S. 



