. Climbs & exploration in the Canadian Rockies . the west branchof the Athabasca. From here he ascended thetwo branches of the Chaba River, and visitedFortress Lake; then travelled to the head ofthe western branch of the Athabasca towardsthe northern face of Mount Columbia, of whichhe obtained a fine photograph.^ His outfit, Hkeso many others, ran short of provisions and theexpedition had to be curtailed ; and much goodwork of exploration, which might otherwise havebeen accomplished, was thereby day, perhaps, it will be possible to obtainan outfit manned and equipped with suffic
. Climbs & exploration in the Canadian Rockies . the west branchof the Athabasca. From here he ascended thetwo branches of the Chaba River, and visitedFortress Lake; then travelled to the head ofthe western branch of the Athabasca towardsthe northern face of Mount Columbia, of whichhe obtained a fine photograph.^ His outfit, Hkeso many others, ran short of provisions and theexpedition had to be curtailed ; and much goodwork of exploration, which might otherwise havebeen accomplished, was thereby day, perhaps, it will be possible to obtainan outfit manned and equipped with sufficienttransport and provisions to last out a trip ofthree or four months. At present nobody seemsto have mastered the problem ; and the prospectof running short of food on the journey remainsthe most serious obstacle to all projects of ex-tended exploration among the mountains. In the spring of 1902 three of us. Collie,Stutfield, and WooUey, made plans for anothertrip to the Canadian Rockies. Those peaks and 1 Appallachia (Boston), Vol. x. No. Gorge of Bear Creek [see p. 257) TO BEAR CREEK glaciers and canyons, and the subtle charms ofcamp-life in the backwoods, had woven a spellaround us that we could not, if we would, havebroken. The expedition was to be mainlya mountaineering one ; as, apart from virginmountain summits and ice-fields, we did notexpect to break much new ground. At thesame time, there were many points of interestand geographical uncertainties to be cleared up,as on our previous trips the panoramic viewshad been greatly interfered with by cloudyweather and smoke haze and the interventionof other peaks. It must be remembered, also,that the country mapped as the result of thosejourneys comprises about 3000 square miles;and necessarily there were many valleys whosesources were difficult to trace; glaciers andsnow-fields the direction of whose flow was pro-blematical ; and, lastly, the altitude of some ofthe highest peaks was doubtful. It remained todiscover what
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