The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . ? ^ %\ • - «• 4v,^^. %/^-e.^ ?*%f^: -< --^ Fumarole, or gas vent, near Crater Rock. line. A new world confronts him. Thehim from the summit, and he breathestheir fields of perennial snow. It is all very different fromSwitzerland, this quick ascent frombending orchards and forested hills toa mighty peak standing white andbeautiful in its loneliness. But it is sowonderful that Americans who lovethe heights can no longer neglect it,and each year increasing numbers arediscovering that here in the North-west is mountain
The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . ? ^ %\ • - «• 4v,^^. %/^-e.^ ?*%f^: -< --^ Fumarole, or gas vent, near Crater Rock. line. A new world confronts him. Thehim from the summit, and he breathestheir fields of perennial snow. It is all very different fromSwitzerland, this quick ascent frombending orchards and forested hills toa mighty peak standing white andbeautiful in its loneliness. But it is sowonderful that Americans who lovethe heights can no longer neglect it,and each year increasing numbers arediscovering that here in the North-west is mountain scenery worth travel-ing far to see, with very noble moun- THE MOUNTAINS 67. Looking across the head of Eliot glacier from near the summit of Mount Hood. tains to climb, true glaciers to explore, and the widest views of grandeur andinterest to enjoy. Such sport combines recreation and inspiration. The traveler from Portland to either Mount Hood or Mount Adams may-go by rail or steamer to Hood River, Oregon, or White Salmon, towns are on opposite banks of the Columbia at its point of greatestbeauty. Thence hewill journey by auto-mobile or stage up thecorresponding valleyto the snow-peak atits head. If he isbound for MountHood his thirty-mileride will bring him toa charming mountainhotel, Cloud Cap Inn,placed six thousandfeet above the sea, ona ridge overlookingEliot glacier, Hoodsfinest ice stream. If Mount Adamsbe his destination, aride of similar lengthfrom White Salmon ,, „ ^ •n u • !-• 1 Mount Hood at night, seen from Cloud Cap Inn. This view is from Will brmg him merely negative exposed from nine oclock until midnight.
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