. The national parks portfolio. UMMITS of perpetualsnow are, for most Amer-icans, a new associationwith Yosemite. But theregions very origin was that Sierrawhose crest peaks on the parks easternboundary still shelter in shrunken oldage the once all-powerful glaciers. Excelsior, Conness, Dana, Kuna,Blacktop, Lyell, Long—from the com-panionship of these great peaks de-scended the ice-pack of old and de-scend to-day the sparkling waters ofthe Tuolumne and the Merced. From their great summits theclimber beholds a sublime wilderness ofcrowded, towering mountains, a con-trast to the silent, upliftin
. The national parks portfolio. UMMITS of perpetualsnow are, for most Amer-icans, a new associationwith Yosemite. But theregions very origin was that Sierrawhose crest peaks on the parks easternboundary still shelter in shrunken oldage the once all-powerful glaciers. Excelsior, Conness, Dana, Kuna,Blacktop, Lyell, Long—from the com-panionship of these great peaks de-scended the ice-pack of old and de-scend to-day the sparkling waters ofthe Tuolumne and the Merced. From their great summits theclimber beholds a sublime wilderness ofcrowded, towering mountains, a con-trast to the silent, uplifting Valley asstriking as mind can conceive. Ever-lasting snows fill the hollows betweenthe peaks and spatter their jaggedgranite sides. The glaciers feed in-numerable small Photograph by XV. L. Huber Ascending Mount Lyeli
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