. The Pacific tourist . the peak from which Bierstadt sketched the Gem beneath. Then there are a thousandother charms in the vast heights above, andvast depths below, in contrasts of light andshade, form and color, mists hanging over thelake, and clouds clinging to the peaks in thetwilight deepening into darkness, or in colossalpyres, kindled by the coming sun, and going inthe clear light of the day; or the gloom of theforest mingled with the living silver of the moon-lit lake. The peaksmay be ascend-ed— some withdifficulty, andsome with mod-erate exertion—but persons offeeble constitu-tion ma
. The Pacific tourist . the peak from which Bierstadt sketched the Gem beneath. Then there are a thousandother charms in the vast heights above, andvast depths below, in contrasts of light andshade, form and color, mists hanging over thelake, and clouds clinging to the peaks in thetwilight deepening into darkness, or in colossalpyres, kindled by the coming sun, and going inthe clear light of the day; or the gloom of theforest mingled with the living silver of the moon-lit lake. The peaksmay be ascend-ed— some withdifficulty, andsome with mod-erate exertion—but persons offeeble constitu-tion may enjoyall the variedoil arms. The lake is ofeasy access, andhas on its banksa hotel for tour-ists. The dis-tance to the lakeby the carriageroad is 2 1-2miles, andTruckee 9 summit di-vides the watersthat flow eastand sink amiddesert sands,from those thatflow west intothe Sacramentoriver. SuimnitValley,—2 1-2miles long andone mile wide,heads in thehigh peaks,south of the hotel,summer for. LAKE ANGELINE. It has pasturage during themany cattle, and its springs andabundance of products, fresh from the dairy,make it a delightful place for camping out. Its waters are the source of the South Fork ofthe South Yuba River. The railroad descends to the foot of this val-ley, keeping the divide on the north to the right,then, about three miles from the summit, crossesthe most southerly branch of the Yuba. A fewyards before the crossing, is a summer flag sta-tion, or Soda Sprinf/s Station—These springs aresituated on the south side of the high ridge thatforms the southern wall of Summit Valley, and are in the headwaters of the American are numerous, flow abundantly, and arehighly medicinal. Stages run to them bothfrom the summit, and from Soda Station, andthe ride is not surpassed, if equaled, by any inthe Sierras north of Yosemite, in the numberand beauty of the fine views it affords. The hotel at the Springs is not an imposingstructure, but it is kept in first-
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