. Sierra Club bulletin . AROUND LAKE A PROTECTING photographs by the author. The Aftermath of a Club Outing. 171 wherein one catches momentary glimpses of far-distantreaches. Avalanche Peak lay before us to the northwest,and almost to the north Mt. Gardiner, wreathed in clouds ;the Kaweah group one saw plainly to the south. Alittle north of east lay the East Vidette, beyond that Uni-versity Peak, Mt. Stanford, and south along the mainrange Mt. Bradley and Mt. Keith. To the southeast fromus were visible Mt. Williamson, all but its top, Mt. Tyn-dall and Mt. Barnard in cloud, an
. Sierra Club bulletin . AROUND LAKE A PROTECTING photographs by the author. The Aftermath of a Club Outing. 171 wherein one catches momentary glimpses of far-distantreaches. Avalanche Peak lay before us to the northwest,and almost to the north Mt. Gardiner, wreathed in clouds ;the Kaweah group one saw plainly to the south. Alittle north of east lay the East Vidette, beyond that Uni-versity Peak, Mt. Stanford, and south along the mainrange Mt. Bradley and Mt. Keith. To the southeast fromus were visible Mt. Williamson, all but its top, Mt. Tyn-dall and Mt. Barnard in cloud, and, glancing through themist, the edge of Mt. Whitneys well-defined plateau. Wewere interested in tracing the usual route by which is ascended, up from East Lake, with its some-what hazardous final climb. The way by which we hadcome is much simpler, and is accompanied with less last rise of two or three hundred feet of the ascentfrom East Lake has a distinct element of danger for allsave qualified experts, and it could hard
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