The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . 82 THE GUARDIANS OF THE COLUMBIA the south side was destroyed. The mountain was doubtless rent by ice ratherthan by fire. The mass of ice and snow in and upon the crater broke apartthe comparatively loose wall, and pushed its shattered tuffs and cinders fardown the slopes. Forests were buried, old canyons were filled, and the wholesouthwest side of the mountain was covered with the fan-shaped outwashfrom the breach. Through this debris of the ancient crater the streams at thefeet of the glaciers below are cutting vast
The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . 82 THE GUARDIANS OF THE COLUMBIA the south side was destroyed. The mountain was doubtless rent by ice ratherthan by fire. The mass of ice and snow in and upon the crater broke apartthe comparatively loose wall, and pushed its shattered tuffs and cinders fardown the slopes. Forests were buried, old canyons were filled, and the wholesouthwest side of the mountain was covered with the fan-shaped outwashfrom the breach. Through this debris of the ancient crater the streams at thefeet of the glaciers below are cutting vast ravines which can be seen from theheights above. (Seeillustrations, pp. 77-81.)The central situationof Mount Hood makesthe view from its sum-mit especially worthseeking. From the Pa-cific to the Blue Moun-tains, south almost tothe California line, andnorth as far, it embraces.
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