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Show JUST because our Uncle Samuel hn want-ed want-ed to know how much snow lies in the Wasatch mountains each spring, ire have learned to love the sport of win tcr hill-climbing quite as much as mountain rambling in the summer time. We have been in the tops of the Wasatch mountains in several sev-eral places in summer, and looking down on Salt Lake City, Ogden, Provo, Thistle, Rich'-field, Rich'-field, or Loa. have found the scenes veiled by a haze of languor, compared with the vivid rapid interest found in snowshoemg over the snow rounded hills in winter or spring among the very whitest tops. It is true that bad weather m the winter time is bad weather indeed, far up on the slopes among the clouds themselves, but this very experience is worth far more than it costs, for to be in the midst of a real storm-factory storm-factory is one of the big experiences of a winter trip. And this does not imply that we become part Esquimaux, either in Nature or in dress, for as a rule we have found tbe cold and storms of March to claim far less of our attention than have the heat and dust of July or August. SNOWSHOE SIGHTSEEING Id the line of duty, where we learned many of the witcheries or e-nowshoe sightseeing, it was usual for us two men to set out early on horseback each day and go to the limit of travel for the horses which was usually about three feet of snow, into the mountains moun-tains east of Springville. Hero some 7000 feet above sea level, we tied up, fed and blanketed tbe animal? and proceeded on foot, riding the webs, and each of us carrying some thirty pounds of equipment for use in taking our snow samples, and weighing the snow, in accordance with instructions from the I nited States weather bureau. Sometimes when returning re-turning to the horsos, from -i to eleven hours later on the way to the farm house after being lost in the storm-bidden hills alt day we found the horses all but snowed under, un-der, and the homeward trail quite as unbrok en as yvhen we went up, and it was overhung and hidden by million? of wet snow-laden limbs for our especial interest and damp discomfort. dis-comfort. ITS CHARMS UNIQUE This I presume is not a pleasant prospect to soma, and yet a single good day, snow-shoeing snow-shoeing amidst the stillness and beaut of the snow-covered ridges is worth a week Of crag climbing among the exposed brush, and in the dust of summer. We could tell of many tilings that are not entirely pleasant of the soaking wet attire after a heavy storm; of sore feet and legs; of tired bodies and sunburned fares, for these evils made their claims upon us, while we were learning, but we have found that thev have no rightful place in the work. ir the play, of mountain climbing. We don't, bead to get tired. T bave had eleven hours' climb-ing climb-ing a day for a week without a .-ore muscle or a poor night's sleep, A wetting' will do no harm, nnle"s we insist on it; and sore faces, legs, feet and muscles come more from neglect of Fome kind than from necessity. If one has not yet learned how to overcome these conditions and limitations by nbt dressing and right thinking, he still need. nol fe.ir the exposure nor the hard work, for c en the pain of fatigue is nsually vanquished in the interest and mental inspiration of the on-ward on-ward upward journey. W0 could also talk of the terrors that, lurk among the anowslide regions, but these fears, too. are negligible when we remember that' a anno and careful mind will not lead us into either temptation Or danger, for wf. soon learn where the loose snow lies The verv words "terror." "tedious," "tired' "too imc, ii mi so ion ii are excess baggage on any mountain trip; and ht, or Fho who secretly tucks sny of them Into the luggage to be URed "if needed" will be anite as unhappy as if a bad temper had bee. taken ta-ken along. SPLENDID VACATION The change a trip like this affords from one a .regular routine work together with the weise rn-sTfe, ,,, lead , different life 5K slept with.,,,, a move for about eight noun every night and we ate everything we - id reach: and for getting away from one's -and one a troubles, this is the only sort r: vacation for "hor one that re, illy V cat., ft,, old man and brings SBf, ew The first day a couple of small fcndwkhes fnl V'l 1 " P6W bOdfuls of snow for w:, ,r, were ill re seemed to require and Tie dm to find a warm, IUnny, leeward sool to rest and eal them in. too; but as the days passed I the sandwiches grew in aize and Sir-- ,r,.r',," r Burrounded by Dickies and cake?, and (he apples were increased to two or three. Between meals just to til! ur. the crev.ee, that didn I teem to stav ful long we. ate opera bars and m.ik chocolate candv that had been secreted in our clothes- and let me sai in all candor thai we could fairly feel this stuff meW into our systems as we ate it. Up didn require a favorable resting rest-ing lite to eat itt, either, but we ate a, we traveled am the meal often lasted an hour " - - ' One day an unwise dog insisted on accompanying accom-panying us far up over the soft suow, and the trip proved to be a great appetizer for him, tOO, for he not only ate gpa.t quantities of snow to gel oven the smallest crumbs that tell from our bread, but he ate the Bticky tissue paper WO peeled from our jam sand wiilies, and he devoured our eggshell- as if thev had been bologna rinds. Truly the lluesl sauce i a good appetite, and the best appetites appe-tites 1 have ever aeen have been found m the bills. For sightseeing at close range, the weather is one of the best pictures one finds in the mountains, and it j an up to date moving picture, full of interest at every change. A broad Bheet of gray is Been to appear in the western sic and rapidly broaden and advance upon ga, and B bright morning i- soon losi in the billowy clouds that roll over us and leave a trust fringe on our clothing edges. Hut we soon lorget tin- loss oi' a bright sightseeing dav tor the clouds have ceased to roll we .ee no edges - and the snow hat begun to fall and BlOW about us in great frenzy. IN A "BLIZZARD The view is a blind one; even grove- ot trees more than a hundred feet av.av ar..'si as toe wind rises and the loose BBOW on the ground IS blown and mingled with the falling s.ow. and the y,w is limited to twenty n Ptead of a hundred feet. We find ourMves looking more frequently at each other, pos sibly inquiring, "yon here vet?" as we trudge along in the direction of the pine grove thai has been hidden in the storm, as we huddle nearer each other to be sure we do not gel separated accidentally. As the tprm drives on and fill- our cars and neck with snow and the winds howl about us. we keep peering from right to let t lo make sure we are still on the ridge as we go up. ami occasionally we examine the barometer ba-rometer or the Compass to see for sure that we have, or have not. reached or passed a certain torn or elevation, when suddenly, after af-ter being litorallv submerged for an hour, the skv br.ghten- a trifle, and. looking up we see the sun as a great golden ball, across which lie torn elouds are Hying with the full sped ot the wind. The clouds see. n to sink, and the tailing snow to lessen: then on above at and ahead" a ridge or a gnVe comes Into to, us out Of the heart of the storm; and as we look upon the snow-bedecked tree-. en rr i ng their exquisitely ex-quisitely beautiful ,teorations on every branch, we see that we, too, have festOOna of gins anqw on pverv possible place, bul tins meltinfl now and dripping off before we can te about it. for the BUD has burst out full blast on us. and while we cannol find the horizon, the noonday brightness givea us SE 5iewui0a i,n,J ,urt y around us The freshly whitened r.dgcs now come creep ing up to us like giant animal- out of the obscurity, and actuallv Been to be facing and running till we correct the optical illusion and see that it is the cloud layer running along the opposite direction. Hut now we realize 'hat only we, the sun, ami a lew tops are all the objects there are in the world, for the rest is beneath the clouds. The view above the clouds is onh a viSta lor now comes a great 01888 Of log bowling and tumbling over the long ridge across the canyon; then the Bnowflakee, blown on ahead, begin to settle about us. anil iu another an-other moment the lights are turned oQ" again, almost, and, l,e whirr and how) of the wind makes music to the driving aud the running of the clouds and tho snow ' ' M v, what if we would get lost up here?" a companion asked; but when wc got out. the map of the region, and b the compass found our approximate location; then by I he Sue roid barometer, found our exact, elevation and location, he was reassured, for we knew tint if the storni should continue far into the night we could easily retrace our steps, or get out over the hills, provided we didn't scare up a soowslide or a young avalanche In so much new snow. The dav before this storm .just mentioned (for it was n real occurrence), we had gone up the ridge on the opposite side of this ran-yon, ran-yon, and iu stepping out onto a drift to look down into the canyon, a companion started a slide an acre or bo in extent, with the weight of one foot and barely escaped buck onto firm snow, from where we both watched the ureat mass of snow going with almoal the spec. I of a falling hodv down into the bottom of t lie gukh a full halt mile away. W watched as it struck quakiug aspen thickets, and saplings a few inches in diameter were whisked down and off as if they were straws; and many larger irees were considerably dam. aged. Finally we could seo only a cloud o? snow-dust, the,, the gullev was 'reached and the snow, witii its scores of captured trees Bmeared and Piled up the opposite bank a Couple oi hundred feet as if it had been water; wa-ter; then react. ng, t rolled aud piled and pushed like so much cold molasses, down the crooked narrow bottom of the gorge. On the way up, the day 0f the big storm, we had examined this snow jam at close range, and noticed that two smaller slips had come out. of stet. treeless, narrow hollows, -Mving tracks ;,s smooth as a timber chute -Mid about twice as "last." piling the snow "P to a great depth i the bottom. This Caused us to mS the Slopes, and especially the heads of the galleys, ami keep studiously for, i, XT1 ?f kbfl J?' T day. be. tore in the canyon on the other side of us W had leisurely examined tw0 "dead" ai hwchea which had started from somewhere near the place the storm caught us going down a mile ,,r more n a path-ft as'snSotf g -s'i.a--;':!:!:!-: K T48ehes SF WeseeTsucn Peculiar power maniiWfl& '"'iming nnon the? av; to ' bottom it seemed that a dozen fstJRj might have piled the snow up , erfjo and piles. 'mWH stalled bv the quaking aspen fornix iiMKf Bnow was Piled higher than tbe ttWLf "front ?m'JMEite it wa- a dead one we iuel eltmbed IfX the balU of snow ranging in fiiu, frtl ir l through, to t'.e of rottlM aftsj If almost made our he; rts sti nd EtilL hHj 1 o-i I- I home thar d.sv! " Thafllt wa- piled in a delta for oilfl f e?t "oat (aH bortoiu of a gullev, from ten to tiimJ dee), ami on the top were great u;ajS curving trails made as hard and niS ice ,.;in be made, where the Lift of tiigS.ffati had gi.no on over the top of the Ji&K end in a dozen different angle. Bfc'ds t' e .'r-:?.t .;& b coverin;' some ten acres or mot?, Einr course h:;d been rhn-.g,.,) V.v the jaHWi snow. ci.isn p'.e sn,vv' wfre UaKwj tnrned ,,ff as big a.- 1 'Kenii And as we ga.c; ln 1 most breuiESS lence on the remains :. -BLcV broken trees -lVe wondep v JEl r- all our dreaming, - er, rvcr, pliaak "dive into the s-now and let ';'(Kb us "or to "climb a tree and kt 't &B etr us. For now it was certain ''JBmr had been "safe" ;r;''"':B&har i or in the tops of the largest ire'.' ' -iBitimor' of so grr-:it a -tiWDi have been torn of t: iSeaovf the eovotes could ' 1 ;ri i:3ifcliDi2 us for lunch: ,1 h B; fi 1 Pterin e fre-hc t- 1 . k tb-? IKaud 1 whence we came, Hfo'ed nd so. our tl utght !-.-.-: '"iRgtil'oj two previous dav- (.-Bjjtt' rai'i--.! about us; and we cantioaOr Kj along, carefully 'l:ng .- --rv 'Hqheed lifted its hea ';jBbhwiIii glaucing occasional tho !,',v',!.'-' Btem the ores' where '"Rbiljin extend thirty or forty feet out ont dtKja, 0j in an endeavor to ; t'"c verv -Bufte of evil, for we were -' 1 ' ,; JBtw Hid torn of the gullev. It'itktti A MOMENT OF TERRMl Once we heard a flide break IwnW9. 0: us. toward the canyon the ?:;:' "as was soon lost in the im . .::".P Mqo some friendly reason, v.- hung rR'1 together for n ' '"'El c!"0 suddenly our co:r.' 'Iffw snow to gi o wa ir irtl iB1 weight no longer rested Ct.00'1 seemed to be hung in mi'l '-''j-z gone long ago, and our v.r. Pfcf aot snow and the deafening ro.-c "iiBojt wind?, but until now icKF'f svi comfortable. . ..c w bv the pressure on mi; 5fcrr- When the settling o- tin --now that is all it proved to be). S(S bai k againsi our feet, after ''r0Pjli about six inches r' - : ,-JQ I with our -ron:;i, ,s ten;;..-r..r'-. ' !HfxJ " if we had dropped ten feet, and t.fTMm minutes making the drr ;;'jB mv alpenstock went, into the ,JRtH0P four feet of snow, several iucn?. BjBjUj Wef deavor to g. t dre.-t . "ne-f-r Wll !S ot firma. and the assistant -'i'ira!ei , ,tfcitPr . thai has ii st been caught :-nd ' 'w Qti ing a brush top for sat 1 i'-aMk1' glad when the torm cloud.-i (,rf(AZKl an, showed us the way around on the which led us back dowo the l m WEAR AMBER GLASi; Days thai ar bright arc tie g';. right, though the reflection of twhj " the snow soon tar? "''. - "l(in ."""VHai t "i the souints. To make sightseem? "ltTe!,,i should war amber e..g!asi". "' smoked glasses, but thev "b;"TVj W HJ u?, slightly, and do no, relieve t-!v. t-!v. Strange as .1 d-d seen amber glasses a few minutes. H' B sinned their natural colors :oHsM , apparently makes the uecossa "J ir rection unconsciously -'-ifl mh Distant views winter a r JE&iiB? and clearer than the hePt ones SD' the ha.o hangs lower in 'vir. :JaKS Y ridges and top are : - . ,"SMV Spanish Fork mountain, u !)k 1 Kl io iifiQ feet high and ncarlv n "''.,!jHPlAKJ vallev. we could plain-. iVrtl Timpanogos, Twin po-iks, ty- eB JoB ber mountain, Straw berr r(1-'' Jm Baldv ridge, Grindsione n'011. ft I great sea of billow v white '"jiSj old MrXeh0 to rhe sourbwent: ML interesting view from h'11 p , ,jfl one is coming down tho Ti&en,MM jg; the Mapieton bench, when tj ffjBm ma are turned on. B th(1 p! ,r',i-;HL HfE one can seo to the m'i;u"v .HMll T Santaquin, Pavson, BeninniiD. w , tgWt. lem Spanish Fork, ':'.V!,M";,I ;M,Ni. C' northwest are Spring- ,'. ..lm." c'JrP great sea of lights, , ;; : 9 ?T'ht, lights of American fork j.A iit , t blending together live" -,' ,.;.vJ of these towns are disc-riii hi; -:'H n pleton bench with its hundre'- ( Continued en Following fpnowslioeiiig m tke WasatcL ior Pleasure and Profit I lie (Continued From Preceding Page.) !u'flneUs ;il "rch.irda makes the best . nJfcer bourn i m t nr. in :-.W the state. fmOWSHOE LORE r''fcl fivirin.-r (hat - . 1 1 1 1 d not handle tho ,"'snowsii'is- wc 1 ' boards t" our ot &Kt first, but. the - no v. shoe, bad tr e hi i-Haj -inch web! hi.,, huge lenni- racket '. fdiK or fourteen nclu-s wide. We nev er hud 'ff. Beo the like uf i before and ol conr.-e tbsHt even know Imw t" He tin m Bui ii IsBl learned, and ev er-. i,i I he. part y altsHB verv roudiK-, i,, drag the tail of tho te pSMllfting nub the fre-nt. ;nd k.v-p his feet UfSBtop of tin web. ami not thrust through ; ':.' Wfte opening I gWdiflcoveri'd tie te t,, h,- (i,c ino-t .in (oaHfc thhig; if tbe v,,c - strapped on cor-!ij cor-!ij one can walk -'-.st wi b ihem as on t faBpound without tlum. for when they are By tied thev are forgotten; and in tak-l tak-l h'ifcWormal natural steps the shoes, properly nreiB to the bonis will - ip along as giracc-c&dSbs giracc-c&dSbs might Vi- desired The ball of the fTttdBpUced on the bar'-, of the toe optmmg 'oarSBanowshoo and, using ;i four-fool tanned t lsa-Ktnot rawhide ), the web is tied over the n tsHko strap being (hru-i through the lower ml idjlfslst j or mil'', boots, and not tied t ight-e ight-e vrrBjjM th,' foot. This not only haves the eriBC? ftnd unbound, but makes a perfect 'ajwith the MKnr.im .,, . , : . t hi walking, r-Jpri'le. and I he kan- , I one 's toot ;-.nd toe 7wBjClfl,'v " l! one were walking vlBPed, on the sidewalk, i JM? Sound? c.'i-v and vet it tal.es mind: 'XBO acquire the utter abandon that al otyBM1&Iav'terr.e.-: one's w.ill on the street. aanwre sboei are I n-gotten, the more 'thc casi-r. and i'-v ipi.it rapid, will 0WBVl-"nt faT lli:it lt r''! "'" 1"'rsr"1"' " '"P liftu;- the webs with one 's lues, for .ieW, 001 Tho too oi tbe foot " .lm9t direct !v toward the ground iii fsBr10? s""' ttbmg in making the slop, Y tsWthe Wel2li'- of the web falls-, not. on the too, but on the big muscles of the upper leg. f firs! glance. i'c looks BS if they might " interfere. 1 " but one baa Only to note how wide one standi to see thai there is plenty of room without touching the opposite leg with the edge of the shoe, t hough, it will be seen, that the -tep must be a ful one- each time, for a short step will throw one web on the edge of the other. But with all its simplicity on tbo level, or on the gradual slopes, emowshoeing becomes a verv interesting and intricate problem m the ateepcr sidos. Here the easiest traveling, strauge to say, is directly up the grade, be cause in this, one's toes "extend through the snowshoe toe opening, just far enough to catch the snow. Even going directly down a steep hill is not an easy matter for one's toes are tied down, and it is a precarious business, full of all sorts of tangles and falls, unless the wrbs are real wo and flabby from long use in the snow, permitting one's heels tn he sunk wi ll into the snow on the top of the web. Either upward or downward at an angle, an-gle, on a steep slope, or horizontally along a side bill is not exactly an impossibility, for one enn learn to do almost anything on the snowsboes we have run races, jummped the broad jump down hill, and even climbed trees In them, but the tail- of the shoos will not trail along a side hill, they persist in swinging swing-ing down hill and thus entangling al every unguarded step; the onlv way progress is possible, and reasonably Bafe, is to take one short step, keeping the lower foot ahead all tho time. One is sure to full everv little while, if one has anything to do besides watch the shoes, and this ia not alwayfi ' 'sport," though there really is some humor in having to call a companion to lift one's head and shoulders out of the snow and B8sist one to one's feel after a helpless J'a!!. But ir is all worth the trial, for one can-not can-not get seriously hurt falling in tho snow, and when one learns to swing one'- self along in a bear-trot on the shoes, on the better slopes, mute oblivion- to all impediment, and g.-ts Bo adept as to be at bom.- on all ordinarv slopes, one Can rightfully feel that one has made a downright achievement, a genuine accomplishment ac-complishment ; and if ever an experience or a sport will take the hump out of one's back, and the oval curves from one's oiiice worn shoulders without an instructor or the assistance assist-ance of an osteopath, it is slipping over the bills on snowshons, tor the entire oody must be in "rhyme" with the swing oi the' shoes, and thero must not be a bury or inactive muscle in one's makeup. BEARS STILL ASLEEP The mountains are quiet at this time Of year; the bears are still asleep, and tbeir den 8 are buried deep in the snow; and the deer have gone to the southern hills. The onlv life, in the daytime, is an occasional snowshoe rabbit, or a COVey of grouse, partridge, sage-hens, sage-hens, or pine hens. The birds live in 1 he largo pine trees throughout the winter, and cat P'lie nuts, and pome piue needles. Naturally tbey are ouite thin and tamo at this season, and one can approach very close to them, oloae euongh for photographing, before tney will fly noisily to another tree a few rods away Perhaps a prettier sight than six or eight pine hens clucking and squeaking at eiich other iu the same tree, in a stranger approaches, ap-proaches, and sets them to talking, is the drummer partridge that lives iu the willows, on the snow, and scolds one very lustily, before be-fore it decides to run. or fly away Tney are very sharp-eyed birds, and while, during a .snowstorm, they will burrow several inches info the snow. ;-rul permit the hole above them to almn.-t dose over with tbe falling snow, somehow they nro never caught napping, nap-ping, and will pop oul of their holes, lifl a ring of feathers around the nock, much as the cat or dog raises the hair on its back when aroused, and .jump stiff legged a linkway, link-way, and, when it is sure all its companions, usually three to live, .me awake and running, thev By. I he cutosi company is the -now-white- snowshoe rabbit. He about the i,c of tin ordinary jack rabbit, at this lime of year, though some younger ones are smaller, and the old ones perhaps larger, and he is so wbite, in March, that even if he is moving, mov-ing, it i" bard to detect him against the snow He is provided by nature with his own hairy snowshocs. from four to six inches long', and from two to two and one-half inches wide. With these ah:ign' foot he can travel safely and swiftly, over tbe fresh snow, and while these foot look grotesquely inartistic on so delieate and otherwise, beautiful beau-tiful animal, they are certainly an advantage advan-tage While these rabbits travel mostly at, night, thev are not particularly wild, and we often came within a few rods of them. At night, judging from the trucks we fro quently saw. bobcats, raccoons, and coyotes were numeroua in all parts of the mountains, but these wor never seen in the daytime, though the coyotes often followed us toward home, bowling in an apparently vigorous endeavor en-deavor to get a puck together, in "the early evening. COASTING IS GREA T FUN The liveliest port of all is coasting; skeo-ing skeo-ing is no doubt faster and more furious, but sliding down a steep slope on one's unprotected unpro-tected feet is about as " fast" a sport as the average individual can staud. The artificial toboggans in the northern cities are fitly described a ''Zip! Walk a mile," but iii the hills ii is different. One does not begin to slide till the return trip downward, for no mountain climber over climbs through the sam. elevation twice on the same trip. If the snow is hard, the coasting will be more bjngerou'--, a- one must base one'- speed under control, to evade danger, and I his can not he dono on the crusted surface. If the snow will support one's weight, when carefully care-fully poised, the coasting will be fust enough down a forty degree slope, for the faster the slide the bettor will the soft snow support sup-port one. All luggage must bo swung from the back- or shoulders and the arm- must be fro.-, fine fool i started sligthly ahead, both feet pointing directly ahead, and held that way, generally, changing tbem bv a rigidly stiffened leg to keep one's balance as one flies. The taster ont goes the Ic. ia the danger of falling, for it. is the sofl places that trtps the coaster, and if one is going fast enough these will be skimmed over. A three or four mile trip down grade can be made in twenty or tmrty minutes, and while tbe rigidity of one'.- l,.g is somewhat ('f a strain, the tenseness of the excitement wdiilo wbizEing downward like the wind, with one's body bowing and rising to keep balanced, bal-anced, and one s snowshocs and other paraphernalia para-phernalia dangling about, makes it easv to forgot, a little thing lik" tired legs. Where the snow is soft, and loose we have coasted some by squatting on tho snowsboes, and balancing ourselves well back on I hem, but the webs were guide to cling to the snow, and this they do, too well, for coasting, except on the slopes that are too steep for sa fety. Often where the snow is glazed or crusted, perhaps with a thin layer of new snow on top. our alpenstocks had to be ever ready to keep us from dashing down the slope unexpectedly; un-expectedly; in fact while trying to get one of the accoinpauying photographs, I took B verv sudden and swift trip about fort." tect downward, holding the unfolded camera in one hand while making a somewhat strenuous stren-uous effort to get my other elbow, and my heels pr toes into tho enow, as I rolled from one side to the other to keep my feet ahead of me, for it was three-quarters of a mile to the bottom, out of sight beneath the rounded edge of the hill. It is an iuteresting experience to learn to travel over the snow, and to examine the eyer changing nearer views, but the sights under foot are never so inspiring as the ones off toward the horizon from a commanding peak or ridge; and while a good p!av or a good book will prove h great inspiration to one, and have a leavening or broadening in-Snence, in-Snence, like travel In a distant land, the thrill of inspiration, and t;.o soul-atirring effect of the world panorama from n high mountain peak must not be classed as any lesa important. To see. America first, one must begin in the mountains, and to see them at their best one must Bee them in the winter time. The woman who delight- in summer climbing, climb-ing, and can climb half way up in the roeks and brush, can go all the wav up Oil -now Shoes, or. without them, it" the snow i- hard as it Usually is in April; anu h. will get a great deaf moTc enjoyment out Of the trip nil the way. The journey up little Black mountain, south of t'itv -reek, from Salt Iake CSty, is a lovely trip in April ,.r Way better than in July Or August and can be made nicely in an afternoon. Of all Ih-' routes usually follow.-.! over these ridges northeast of the city, the best one it the trail right around the edge of Oitj .reel, from here one Can look down into the '-reel: nearly all tho wav. With the melting oi the snow at this time of the -car one ma feel there will bo rand and bad traveling, before getting to the snow deposit, for the covoted Coast, but such is never the case f,,r the footing is usually dry, right up to within a few feet of the (.now! As a matter of fact. also, the exposed .-now is usuallv solid enough to support one -weight and the snowsboes are not al all DOC esary for a short, but very interesting trip, over the snow packs down the north side f Black mountain into "City creek, returning along the City creek road. Where the slopes are thirty degrees or les.-. from the horizontal, horizon-tal, and iD tho trees and brush on oven .-rcep-er slopes, there is no danger from anow-slides, anow-slides, and n very hilarious and inimitable sport may be had OOSSting, and co be had In perfect eafetv on the exposed ridges bv any woman who can staud the walk of five or six hours, resting about one-third of tH-time tH-time if necessary And while the snowsboes will carry one into many places that would be almost inaccessible without them, the lark of them should not prevent one from doing a little " anowshoeing ' or "akoeing in ordinarv or-dinarv shoes, for if one would get the 'fumbles' 'fum-bles' worked out of one's thinker v, and get. the mental alertness of active life worked in, without waiting till summer, for a dav -iannt or interesting tripj a hike op the nearby near-by bills is in a class all by itself. |
