The fourth annual outing of the Mountaineers, planned for Lake Chelan and Glacier Peak, is one of the greatest trips that the state of Washington affords. Lake Chelan is one of the show points of the state and needs little description. It is 1,079 feet above the sea, yet the bottom is over a thousand feet below the sea. It is 48 miles in length, its southeastern end being in the rolling sage brush country of eastern Washington, and its northwestern in the rugged evergreen clad mountains of the Cascade range. Glacier Peak is a great glaciated volcanic cone 10,436 feet high, situated 33 miles west of the lake. It is the source of man;y large glaciers, being the third largest glacial system in the state. No large party has ever climbed the peak and the club will have the chance to make the first ascent as a clnb. The peak can be seen from Seattle and along the coast. It is particularly noticeable during the summer when the snow is off the main Cascade Range, as then the white summit is plainly defined. The party will go via the G. N. to Wenatchee, transfer to a steamer on the Columbia, go to Chelan Falls, thence by stage to Lakeside, and by boat up the lake to Lucerne at the mouth of Railroad creek. From this point the entire trip will be on foot, a distance of 35 miles to camp on the head waters of Suiattle areek. From this camp the summit can be made in a single day.

Asahael Curtis

Chairman Outing committee.