Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . d the temperature the firstnight at Indian Creek was 37° below zero. Unfortunately Lieut. Schwatka fell ill at Norris andwas unable to proceed. Mr. Haynes, desirous of obtain-ing a collection of winter photographs of the Park, em-ployed two of the sturdiest men of the Schwatka party,and with Edward Wilson, a government scout, resumedthe journey. The toboggans were abandoned and this party packedtheir equipment and provisions on their backs—each mancarrying about forty-five pounds. Norris Basin was a gorgeous sight
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . d the temperature the firstnight at Indian Creek was 37° below zero. Unfortunately Lieut. Schwatka fell ill at Norris andwas unable to proceed. Mr. Haynes, desirous of obtain-ing a collection of winter photographs of the Park, em-ployed two of the sturdiest men of the Schwatka party,and with Edward Wilson, a government scout, resumedthe journey. The toboggans were abandoned and this party packedtheir equipment and provisions on their backs—each mancarrying about forty-five pounds. Norris Basin was a gorgeous sight. Craters hereto-fore unnoticed by these men familiar with the Park insummer, steamed conspicuously. The foliage was heav-ily laden with ice near the steam vents and geysers, pro-ducing all the fantastic forms possible to imagine; whilethe entire basin resembled a vast manufacturing centre. Tall trees buried in the snow appeared like bushes,and the general aspect of the country was completelychanged; the average depth of the snow being about eightfeet. 150 HAYNES NEW GUIDE. riKST SIX-HOUSE STAGE COACH AND MAMMOTH HOTEL ll-50 The steam rising fully two thousand feet from thegeysers at Upper Basin could be seen from the LowerBasin. The beautifully colored w^alls of the Grand Canyonwere masses of pure white. The north half of the GreatFall hung in immense icicles 200 feet in length. An icebridge fully 100 feet high was formed at the base of thefall, coming up to the spray line (about one-third theheight of the fall). The brink was frozen over and washidden in an arch of ice a dozen feet thick. Thousands of elk were seen on the exposed ridges ofMt. Washburn. The trip over Mt. Washburn was one ofmost unusual hardship and privation; a blinding snow-storm which lasted four days overtook the party of this entire time they wandered day and nightwithout shelter, provisions or fire before reaching Yan-cey^s ranch, an experience that nearly cost them theirlives. The cir
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