26o 



Sierra Club Bulletin 



This was the last night of the side-trip. Next day the party 

 climbed the barren, treeless slopes of Parker Pass and descended the 

 long zigzag on the farther side, coming out into the desolate valley 

 between Mount Gibbs and Koip Crest. Beyond this a winding trail 

 through tamarack forest led after several miles to the Tioga Road 

 and again to the Soda Springs. Those who did not wish to get into 

 camp early climbed Parker Peak for a further view of Mono Lake. 

 Some crossed Mono Pass and descended the narrow defile of Bloody 

 Canon, whose bare walls, an ominous red in color, witnessed many 

 a miner's tragedy in the early days of the gold rush. 



There followed one more day under the cloudless sky of the 

 Meadows before we said good-by to high mountains and took the 

 dusty road to Lake Tenaya, to our last camp-fire in a clearing 

 among the red firs, and to the last long zigzag down to the valley by 

 the Snow Creek Trail. 



