Scenic gems of the White Mountains . t and over a grade of onefoot in three. Surmounting the spurs and foothills which wrinkle the base, the foliage and vegetation soon becomes scanty and finally ceases toobscure the view which includes vast areas, dizzy heights and deep gulfs. Jacobs Ladder is a long and massive wooden trestle over which thetrain steams slowly for it is set at the most formidable grade of the entire ascent; 19S0 feet to the mile. At times the train is thirty feet abovethe rocks. Marvelous prospects open upon either hand, and as the train stops to afford time for its patrons t
Scenic gems of the White Mountains . t and over a grade of onefoot in three. Surmounting the spurs and foothills which wrinkle the base, the foliage and vegetation soon becomes scanty and finally ceases toobscure the view which includes vast areas, dizzy heights and deep gulfs. Jacobs Ladder is a long and massive wooden trestle over which thetrain steams slowly for it is set at the most formidable grade of the entire ascent; 19S0 feet to the mile. At times the train is thirty feet abovethe rocks. Marvelous prospects open upon either hand, and as the train stops to afford time for its patrons to gaze into the immensity of the Gulfof Mexico or the mysterious depths of the Great Gulf, there are few who can do so unawed by the exhibition of infinite power there the air becomes colder and colder, and, if one has left August in the valley he finds October on the peak. The vegetation too has ceased, allsave dull mosses and a hardy little Alpine flower peculiar to high altitudes. All else is gray, frost-riven MOUNT ADAMS AND MOUNT MADISON FROM THE MT. WASHINGTON Adams adjoins Mt. Washington on the further or Androscoggin side of the Presidential Range. In altitude it is but fivehundred feet lower than Mt. Washington ; while as to symmetry of shape over all the group it bears the palm. Its peak resembles a clear-cut pyramid rising freely from a rocky ridge, and tianked by minor masses of rock. Its height, its form, its seclusion and its astoundingviews render it a great favorite with all mountaineers. Mt. Madison lies next beyond Adams and is the giant warder of the AndroscogginValley. Madison is 5,365 feet high, to Adams 5,794 feet. The two, as shown above, are very graceful and symmetrical mountains; Adamswith its pyramidal dome, and Madison with its narrow ridge-crest of weather-beaten rock all above the timber-belt in the zone of perpetualcold. From their summits long flanking ridges descend into the valley.
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