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Description
Plates in: Souvenir of the 1925 outing of the Sierra Club, page 24. Shows range of rocky mountains, partially covered in snow. 2009-1832. Beginning in 1901, the Sierra Club held an annual outing into the Sierras, eventually known as the High Trip. Up until 1930, outings led by William Colby. In 1925, 190 hikers trailed by some 150 pack animals and cooks, hiked into that portion of Sierra Nevada mountains forming watershed of the Kings and San Joaquin Rivers. Hikers broke into small groups, exploring various different trails – album follows one small group from the beginning in Giant Forest in Sequoia National Park to its end at Camp 63 (California Edison Company) in Kings Canyon National Park.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print ; 3 1/2 x 5 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001396765CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Sierra Club Mountains--California--Kings Canyon National Park Backpacking--California--Kings Canyon National Park National parks & reserves--Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.)--Photographs Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.)--Photographs Glacier Divide (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Photograh albums Aerial views
Place
California Kings Canyon National Park Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.) Kings Canyon National Park (Calif.) Glacier Divide (Calif.)
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