Lake McDonald and vicinity; . This precipitation, whichlasted for three days, was evidently produced by the warm, mois-ture-laden west winds, passing over the Coast Range from the broadPacific and rolling within our sight up these narrow by the ice and snow in their higher levels, the vapor, atfirst invisible, was turned into towering cloud masses, and finallycame down upon and around us as rain, slush and snow. Far aboveus, on the steep mountain sides, snow fell on trees, shrubs androcks, shading into rain as it descended. Sheltering ourselves asbest we could against the incess
Lake McDonald and vicinity; . This precipitation, whichlasted for three days, was evidently produced by the warm, mois-ture-laden west winds, passing over the Coast Range from the broadPacific and rolling within our sight up these narrow by the ice and snow in their higher levels, the vapor, atfirst invisible, was turned into towering cloud masses, and finallycame down upon and around us as rain, slush and snow. Far aboveus, on the steep mountain sides, snow fell on trees, shrubs androcks, shading into rain as it descended. Sheltering ourselves asbest we could against the incessant fall of rain and slush, we keptup our courage and a good fire. Yet, in spite of all our efforts, wegradually got all wet thru. And so on the morning of July 19,when it still rained, and the wind was still from the west, we cachedthe remnant of our scant provisions—some bacon, prunes and a canof condensed milk—packed our drenched bedding, and a parcel ofmosses collected during some lucid intervals on previous days, and. AVALANCHE Photograph by Mr. James Blake. LAKE MCDONALD AND VICINITY retraced our steps along the trail to Hotel Glacier, where wearrived at noon, a sorry looking and much bedraggled trio. Ourtwo Kalispell friends had returned the day before. This trip ismemorable also for the fresh bear-wallow, and the goat bed which wefound along our trail. The trail and basin that we had passed thru on this trip, ourguide declared, had never been named. And he insisted on apply-ing the name Holzingers Trail, and Holzingers Basin. Somedays later, after he had had an interview with Mr. Geduhn, hestated that it suited Geduhn also, and that they would see that trailand valley were known hereafter by this name. I had no choice inthe matter. And the mosses of that trip are accompanied bylabels designating this valley by the above name. After drying ourselves, resting, and taking care of the materialcollected, we started with Howes as guide early on July 21, acrossth
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