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Show AT THE SOURCE Of THE OGDEN RIVER Party of Ogdenites at the Top of Mount Christy, Where a Beautiful View of Northern Utah is Obtained Height of the Mountain is Disappointing. I Ogden river Is so well known and Its canyon so frequent a s.ght to Ogden Og-den peo:le that the source of Its waters wa-ters has been taken as a matter of cour, and few have ever oven questioned ques-tioned the ii?e of its chief tributaries. The depth of the canyon and unfailing supply of Its water, however, lfspeak to thinking people a perpetual source of aquat.c riches. It was to determine the source of this stream and explore the mountain which feed the streams which give rise to Lhem that led a recent camping party t push further up tho channel of the stream than campers usually ascend. Ogdcu river has Its principal water supply from the Southjork; this has as its chief tributary Boavcrrlvcr, a stream which rlsps In the springs upon the west slopes of Monte Chrlsto mountain. One of these springs Is of great volume and gushes out from beneath be-neath a lImcstone ledge a stream of about theTTovof ariTrrifeation canal. After Magpi'e the next tributary !s CVzure creek. It empties Into South T6TR"at si "point about 24 miles above Ogden. Its main source Is a very large spring; in fact, one could say an entire river gushes from one great spring. This spring Ls just at an altb tude of fi.OOO feet above sea level and' Is clear and cold. The waters rush down the mountain side with a series of beautiful waterfalls, which rival the Upper falls In Provo canyon. Al a point about 24 miles above Ogden the river is a narrow, rushing torrent It cuts Its way through solid rock, and to pass- these narrows one must climb over "skin toe" trail, which leads along a narrow rocky crevice for four miles. Then the river turns north, and with three other tributaries of Ogden river, together with Blacksmith Fork, raradlse, Twelve-Mile and Woodruff creeks, head In up around Mount Monte Chrlsto. This mountain is very well known as a landmark to all who have traveled In that north east country. Five roads cross different differ-ent parts of It, and some of them such as the Danlah dugway, for Instance In-stance arc very much traveled. Tho mountain Is a unique me for Utah, owing to the fact that mot of Its suny mlt Is covered with a vast forest of qualc,ng asp and plna trees, the former for-mer growing to a goodly f.lze, some being over a foot In dlamoler, and most of them at least fix Inches. These trees arch th roadway for Hlx miles before one reaches the crest, and thus the cllmbor is prone to believe be-lieve he Is going farther than h? really real-ly does. The summit is bore, anrt though only 8,950 feet hlch, &lv:js a view that must be aeon to be appreciated. appre-ciated. Miies of green forert stretch away to the south, completely hldtnp, the mountain Kdcs and valleys alike. Away to the southeast the Uintah range can bo clearly reen for its entire en-tire length, from Green River to Park City. The Twin peaks and other mountains southeast of Salt Lake nre outlined clearly. Dear River vnllej extends along before you. and beyond it Fremont peak iu Wyoming i mosi prominent; Ucar Lake valley and lake1 lie Just north of you. while across tho table lands of Li Platte and Shoup"? settlements you look down through the canyon of Blackspilfrv fork and Paradise creek Into Cache valley, and , farther south can see through North Ogden and Ogdon canyon away acrosf the lake to Pilot Knob, which stands 110 miles west and i2 itiIIps south of Ogden. It is because Monte Chrlsto mountain Is so large in area, ho well timbered, so fruitful a source of rivers and streams and so often spoken of and crossed by herders, lumbermen, farmers and travelers that Its altitude has been a dispute for a long time. If one loves grand scenery, good hunting hunt-ing and fifhlug, or Ideal roads and, camp.ng ground, upper South fork and ihe base or upland timber of Monte j Chrlsto cannot be surpassed. |