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Identifier: guidebooktolakel00wilc (find matches)
Title: A guide-book to the Lake Louise region, including Paradise Valley
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Wilcox, Walter Dwight, 1869- (from old catalog)
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Publisher: (Washington, D.C., Press of Judd & Detweiler, inc.)
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y slope,whence, amongst the clinging trees, very inspiring viewsmay be had of the cliffs of the Beehive and distant moun-tains. Traversing a bare slope, whence the snowy crest ofMount Lefroy appears above the Beehive, the trail now de-scends in sharp zigzags amongst open larch groves to join thetrail near Mirror Lake, Many variations and extensions of this excursion may bemade by those desirous of getting a further insight into thetruly remarkable scenery to be enjoyed from near-by points,of which the following, to the summit of the Little Beehive,is strongly recommended. From the highest part of the trail, as it crosses the bareslope mentioned a few lines above, may be seen a line ofcliffs to the north, about one-fourth of a mile distant anda few hundred feet higher, towards which an easy routemay be selected over the somewhat rocky and heath-coveredslope, gradually ascending so as to come out above the cliffs.A grove of larches is entered and a shght descent made, only Page Fourteen
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MOUNTS ABERDEEN AND LEFROY FROM THE LITTLE BEEHIVE to rise again in another hundred yards. Here it is advisableto keep near the edge of the cliffs, so as to get a better view ofthe scenery, which increases in interest till the rolling, larch-crowned summit of the Little Beehive is reached. From theedge of this cliff there is a— ** Magnificent view of the snowy summits of Mounts Vic-toria, Lefroy, and Aberdeen, and even distant Hungabee, inParadise Valley, now looming up in inspiring grandeuracross the deep, forested valley of Lake Louise, the bandedcliffs of the Beehive and the sparkling Mirror Lake at itsbase, while farther to the left is the giant dome of MountTemple and Mount Fairview. To the east and north liesthe open sweep of the Bow Valley, showing the mountainsfrom near Banff around to the north, where may be seen(by walking a hundred yards to the other side of the ridgetop) the Pipestone Valley, Mounts Molar and Hector, theupper Bow Valley and Hector Lake, with the distant

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