Hoc ley Mountain Trip 
Sept, 3rd : Marched"25 miles up the Hio Grand©j camped 
at a ranch several milea above wagon wheel gap. In the open 
valley above the gap a patch of modern formation appears; did 
not examine it, A ridge of limestone outcrops along the river 
and near the bridge- a massive bed is seen to lap up against the 
valley wall. Pound small outcrops of porous> impure limestone 
at all points up to camp (see map) ♦ The drift In the valley is 
quite extensive, 
• S ept , 4tht Passed through Antelope park and the canon to 
the bend, then turned up the trail to the south and crossed over 
the Rocky Mountain divide to the head waters of the Rio Pinos 
and camped unci or the east base of the Rio Grande pyramid. 
Sept. 5th : Rio Grande Pyramid- Rain fell during the 
night and early in the morning, The clouds broke, however, and 
we started up the little stream, that heads against the peak* At 
timber lino we encountered a heavy snow and rain storm; made a 
fire and waited for a clearing* Reached the sumit at 11 o’clock 
and sheltered behind a small monument and ate lunch and shivered 
while a severe snow storm was raging* By one o’clock the clouds 
broke again and the mountains began to peep out. The famous 
Quarts It ic group lies timed lately to the west beyond the high 
smooth valley of a branch of the Rio Grande. This group seems 
to be a breeder of short©; the thunder hardly ceases about their 
summits. One Of these summits is very properly named Aeolus, • 
Peak after peak came out and presently such an array of needle 
anl spire 1 ike points were in view us 1 had never seen before 
and as cannot be found anywhere within the boundaries of the IT.S* 
