Sierra Club Bulletin, Volumes 7-8The Club., 1912 |
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acres Alpine Ascent Basin beautiful birds Book Reviews California camp cliffs climb COLBY color Conte Memorial Lodge crater Creek Dome east Falls feet fire fish flowers Forest Service Forestry Notes Fork of Kings golden trout Grand Cañon granite Hetch Hetchy Hetch Hetchy Valley High Sierra interest Ixtaccihuatl J. N. LE CONTE John Muir Kern River Kings River Kings River Cañon Knapsack Lone Pine Mazamas Merced miles morning mountain Mountain Bluebird National Forest National Monument nest North Notes and Correspondence party Pass Photograph plants PLATE Popocatepetl Prof Rae Lake Rainier reached region Reports reservations ridge road rock rocky San Francisco San Joaquin scenery Secretary Sequoia Sherbrooke Lake side SIERRA CLUB BULLETIN Sierra Nevada slope snow South Fork steep stream summer summit Tahoe timber tion trail trees trip Tuolumne Cañon Tuolumne Meadows VIII Whitney wild WILLIAM FREDERIC BADE wonderful Yellowstone Yosemite National Park Yosemite Valley
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