A guide-book to the Lake Louise region, including Paradise Valley . slopereached, whence the top is easily attained. If unaccompa-nied by guides (not advisable), the tops of couloirs and othersignificant points should be marked by piles of stones, as theroute in descent may otherwise be entirely lost. *View fromthe summit is magnificent on a clear day, including the mosteasterly ranges of the Rockies to the Selkirks, and from thehigh peaks near the Athabasca Pass southward to MountAssiniboine and the Kananaskis Pass. Page Twenty-seven * Mount Aberdeen (10,340 feet, named for Lord Aber-deen) ma
A guide-book to the Lake Louise region, including Paradise Valley . slopereached, whence the top is easily attained. If unaccompa-nied by guides (not advisable), the tops of couloirs and othersignificant points should be marked by piles of stones, as theroute in descent may otherwise be entirely lost. *View fromthe summit is magnificent on a clear day, including the mosteasterly ranges of the Rockies to the Selkirks, and from thehigh peaks near the Athabasca Pass southward to MountAssiniboine and the Kananaskis Pass. Page Twenty-seven * Mount Aberdeen (10,340 feet, named for Lord Aber-deen) may be easily ascended from upper part of ParadiseValley. The ascent is monotonous and tiring, over screeslopes and rock-slides throughout. From its central locationthe view is remarkably fine, especially of Mounts Victo-ria, Lefroy, Hungabee, and the peaks of the WenkchemnaRange. A cap of snow and glacier descends the north slope,and there is at times a pool of sapphire-blue water near theactual summit. Page Twenty-eight O H K ijW oo oi l-<O?0H MO o c| HH gf. PART III. VALLEY OF THE TEN PEAKS, MORAINE LAKE, ANDCONSOLATION VALLEY. The Valley of the Ten Peaks, seven miles long, formerlycalled the Wenkchemna Valley, from the Indian word mean-ing ten, is the second valley east of Lake Louise. Enteringthe Bow Valley at about 5,700 feet, in a flat and swampytract, the grade is slight as far as Moraine Lake, which is thecentral point in location and interest, and then the valleyfloor rises rapidly and continuously up to its end in the highand barren Wenkchemna Pass (8,521 feet). Hemmed inby the very rugged Wenkchemna Range to the south, andMounts Temple, Pinnacle, and Eiffel on the north, it is thewildest and, in many respects, the grandest of the five val-leys. A short but beautiful branch valley enters from thesouth near Moraine Lake, and with its two equisite lakes, afine glacier, and Alpine peaks, is well worthy of a visit. Theupper, barren part of the Valley of the Ten Peaks wa
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