Sunset . Chaos Crags, the two cool sap-phires which are Butte and Snag Lakesnestled in a setting of red and yellowlava beds. Turn to that closer mar\^el (it reallydeserves the side trip necessary for first-hand scrutiny), Bumpas Hell, where,into an inferno of bubbling, boiling,steaming geysers and sulphur springs,tumble and sizzle the melted snowsfrom Lake Helen. Rich is Lassens westfront m evidence of the continued ac-tion of sulphurous gases and steamwithin the crater; and on the northside, 800 feet below the summit, canbe seen traces of the old crater. Lassenis a phenomenon without parallel
Sunset . Chaos Crags, the two cool sap-phires which are Butte and Snag Lakesnestled in a setting of red and yellowlava beds. Turn to that closer mar\^el (it reallydeserves the side trip necessary for first-hand scrutiny), Bumpas Hell, where,into an inferno of bubbling, boiling,steaming geysers and sulphur springs,tumble and sizzle the melted snowsfrom Lake Helen. Rich is Lassens westfront m evidence of the continued ac-tion of sulphurous gases and steamwithin the crater; and on the northside, 800 feet below the summit, canbe seen traces of the old crater. Lassenis a phenomenon without parallel inthe West, worth far more to the lay-man as well as to the geologist, thanthe moderate 1,990-foot climb. To make the JSIazama Club of Ore-gon, you must reach the summit ofHood (or some other unridable,glacier-clad peak) under your ownsteam, but to obtain a glorious close-upview of that mountain you have onlyto saunter up Lookout Moun-tain to the east. In the lovelyRobin Hood Forestpublic camping ground. at Three Forks Ranger Station (3,550feet), which is on the Mount HoodLoop road, you spend the night be-fore. Next day you hit the excellentForest Service trail (steep but not diffi-cult), which takes you in five miles tothe 6,525-foot apex of Lookout. Shouldyou never get nearer to sno\vy Hood,you will have had one of the finestviews in all Oregon—the whole eastface of Hood and the lesser, but no lessbeautiful, adjacent Cascade peaks. Although even the hair)-eared onesadmit Hood is a major climb, the rou-tine ascent is not too arduous for usever}-day people, if we are properlyequipped and guided. Accessibility byroad; availability of accommodations(Cloud Cap Inn at the snowline, Para-dise Park, and a tent camp at the footof Coe Glacier) ; the interesting StadterBuried Forest above the present timberline; the sweeping view of three ranges,isolated buttes, sea-seeking rivers, laby-rinthine forests, and sparkling lakes—these are some of the factors in Hoodspopularity, not only
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