Identifier: nationalgeograp131902nati (find matches)
Title: The National geographic magazine
Year: 1888 (1880s)
Authors: National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Subjects: Geography
Publisher: Washington : National Geographic Society
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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out with my camerato explore toward the east. My ideawas to ascend a high ridge east of camp,from which I hoped to learn more aboutthe country and possibly see the Kana-naskis L,akes on the other side. Shortly after leaving camp it was seen that a hoped-for pass, hitherto con-cealed, was blocked by a glacier. How-ever, the trail led on and headed towarda ridge, which seemed from below a dif-ficult scramble for a mountaineer. Noother outlet appeared to right or left,and the trail was evidently too muchused to lead only to some Indian camp-ing place and stop there. Upon reach-ing a point 1,000 feet above the campa magnificent view was disclosed. Ourcamp and the two round lakes nestlingon the mountain side in the upper partof the forest belt lay below ni37 feet.Beyond them, on the other side of thevalley, stands a high mountain and asnow field several square miles in area.Ahead of me were the cliffs of two highmountains, on right and left, with sharpridges and needles rising out of per-
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Sketch Map of Region West and South of Kananaskis Lakes; by W. D. Wilcox 168 The National Geographic Magazine petual snow. The Indians in choosinga trail had most skillfully availed them-selves of every little patch of soil andvegetation in a bare slope of limestone.On the upper parts, however, eventhese disappeared, and the trail waslined with sharp stones. A great dealof work had been done by throwingdown the larger stones and paving away with the smaller ones. I approached the crest of the ridge at8,140 feet with not a little excitementand interest. A short space of levelground makes the top of the pass, andthen bends over into a valley of greatdepth. A large extent of new countrywas seen toward the east and south,with a green valley below and severalranges of mountains, all, however, ofless height than those on either side ofthe pass, which were imposing precipicesthree or four thousand feet above thevalley. How the Indians first got theirhorses over this place surpasses compre-he

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