Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ly 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.
Haynes new guide and motorists' complete road log of Yellowstone National Park . ly 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 circuit covered was about 200 miles, and thethermometer ranged from 10° to 50° below zero duringthe twenty-nine days of the trip. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK 151. THE POACHER (RIGHT), HIS DOG AND CAPTORS Winter Expedition of 1894.—Early in March, 1894,a party was organized at Fort Yellowstone to visit thewinter ranges of the animals, to ascertain the number ofbuffaloes and photograph them. The party consisted ofCaptain Scott, Lieut. Forsyth, Scout Burgess, EobertBurns, Photographer Haynes, and three non-commissionedofficers. On Norwegian snowshoes, with packs of sleepingbags, provisions and camera, they proceeded directly toHayden Valley via Xorris and the Grand Canyon. Theyfound eighty-one buffaloes in the valley, seventy-three inone herd; and numerous groups of elk. After severaldays in Ilayden Valley the party went to YellowstoneLake. Captain Anderson, superintendent of the Park, hadinstructed Scout Burgess not to overlook the country eastof the lake, as a small herd of buffaloes usually winteredthere. The first day out from the lake they pitched campabout twe
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