The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . •2 « ? •on 60 05 -M u 3 a> u K — a *- o « -o - S « - «> — ^ V m a» CO H 5 S ^ u o « j: - C3 •Ot o, ^^ § ^S5 E *; 2 3 *- is £ I s s 0 ^ XI a c *^ ?ot a V 0 0 u J a w i-t * E 0 0 E oi ^ V « oT J3 E s w « N 13 ^ a < 05 S ^ is c H 05. 100 THE GUARDIANS OF THE COLUMBIA over snow. (See p. 94.) The north-side route is up a long, sharp ridgebetween Lava and Adams glaciers (p. 104). Like the other path, its gradeis at first easy; but its last half mile of elevation is achieved over a slopeeven steeper, and ending in a

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The guardians of the Columbia, Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St Helens . •2 « ? •on 60 05 -M u 3 a> u K — a *- o « -o - S « - «> — ^ V m a» CO H 5 S ^ u o « j: - C3 •Ot o, ^^ § ^S5 E *; 2 3 *- is £ I s s 0 ^ XI a c *^ ?ot a V 0 0 u J a w i-t * E 0 0 E oi ^ V « oT J3 E s w « N 13 ^ a < 05 S ^ is c H 05. 100 THE GUARDIANS OF THE COLUMBIA over snow. (See p. 94.) The north-side route is up a long, sharp ridgebetween Lava and Adams glaciers (p. 104). Like the other path, its gradeis at first easy; but its last half mile of elevation is achieved over a slopeeven steeper, and ending in a longer climb over the snow. Neither route, how-ever, offers so hard a finish as that which ends the Mount Hood climb. Fromthe timber-line on either side, the ascent requires six or seven hours. The summit ridge is nearly amile long and two-thirds as is the gathering ground of thesnows that feed Klickitat, Lyman,

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