. Sierra Club bulletin . LOOKING DOWN INTO THE ROARING RIVER VALLEY FROMNEAR THE SHEEP-HERDERS* DODEKATHEON MEADOW AND THE CIRQUE AT THE HEAD OF COPPER CANON CATTLE OUTFIT TO THE FORE. From photographs by the author. The Aftermath of a Club Outing. 157 avalanches had pursued their course into the valley,and in one or two instances had carried their load ofice, rocks, and trees far across the stream onto the otherside, where the fallen trunks lay with their tips pointingdown-hill; the reverse of what would happen if they haddescended upon that side of the river. Long reachesof perfectly
. Sierra Club bulletin . LOOKING DOWN INTO THE ROARING RIVER VALLEY FROMNEAR THE SHEEP-HERDERS* DODEKATHEON MEADOW AND THE CIRQUE AT THE HEAD OF COPPER CANON CATTLE OUTFIT TO THE FORE. From photographs by the author. The Aftermath of a Club Outing. 157 avalanches had pursued their course into the valley,and in one or two instances had carried their load ofice, rocks, and trees far across the stream onto the otherside, where the fallen trunks lay with their tips pointingdown-hill; the reverse of what would happen if they haddescended upon that side of the river. Long reachesof perfectly limpid water flowed through fragrantmeadows, and a mile above Table Creek, which takes itsrise only three or four miles away at the mountain ofthat name whose flat top is such a feature of the Sierra,we had a view of the famous Whaleback.* Long reachesof apron rocks in the bed of the stream, smoothed byglacial action, prevented the ascent of trout, and weresolved, if we had time later, to stock these upper waterswith fish. There was an increased interest in the scene thatI found bits of obsidian c
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