New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-08-07
LETTERS TA THE EDITOR.
PIT MONO PASS INTO THE YOSEMITE
THE MOST ENJOYABLE AND INlkHEei4Ne "0e'
SOME oY ITs FEATURES OF scSNsHt

pv MONO pAss INTO THE YOSEMITE
xur ,fosr rNserABrR AND INTERESTING NovFn
-soxs ey tTs FEATURES or scRNEHF
AND RxPENsR
"a the Es,,sz Of rae r~tsuses
ca: rev, ,;vsssA the reseaite three ttmes-'n
NV, MSS ss,,-, Messed, IA laSe> Ise~ from Ray
n,,A s~s Ii Jyiy, 1885, by the None rae, Inc
,s.rv~ II nv fAs tse Eess e7sesa''e anu '",V'~S'.
xsea sSs,v syv< high tasNe aSde amid er~"u
s,x,ery ana .1sw-tecs>ca nseaeta'ae ak the way.
,,,iss,z .se desc, Aees ard ether dseemfeets OK
he reSeass-oHe stres dsi'e fVTs t>SS"e"" '"'""s"
n,.ry<yy nasty snsstseVtsfns,
-, ssuvsr.srr-, vn che CNrvoA and Colorado
,ar.,eA 20 Rc<Se " 4 stase drive q sssut twenty
- qeenoe ste railway rvsSs near snow noun
,s n y4thiA scst ashes e tas fsst Of Mono Pass
-, ire soos q tNe yass IS forty miles, partly
~ roas and ps'SsS ~ sss"'S'e~>f~ =" ~" ~ "
The Yose1pse Nss<S+
- ,0s Was se@sesVsteS foar Easses Of the
,.,ns-nsth O Sasoa esssa be dTivea al, the way
-. no v,aveS ~ seiSs1its tse Ttosa Road from
80 ,ha TOP OF tAe PISS. l sEH tod that an appre-
"~,o+ion of $1,000 for this Moae Pass road was
,oroes nv the GeVeraor % California
=. ,s Greatly 70 n. asefVea tea, a good road be
,'r hcra Tn drive frera tas Bodse Railroad to
~ yoserpite WI tb4a turn-se known to thousands
- -, ~ the u,oss chasxs,ng excursions Ia the
- Tho road passes close by Mono Lake, an
A.o., NJ surpassing interest. q Quater1aaTy lake
s., tho side 90 an ofsaian csn of volcanic Noun
s,n having three distinct c,s-sTs IN fSi re" 'r"a
the rosG
.sopce roura lake twel.v rfgvs Ia diameter, VITA
rr.s, rarla trcr Streams ragains isfe L. ana n@
,e,,le .,,;le: the volcsnl% Inland vita its hot
..rinr the erstenng chg q hack glass tsae naeoe-
~, onered on one side to show tSe cTatsr7.
,na lava hills TO the westward. the green valley
,ouard the Mono Pass the great line OK Snow
no,,rta tbs rising steep on TIE west and soo'a,
Nsnv would now 80 tt,ss pass II they k"ew
,,or, the route ana how to arrange tor horses
en The Sierra Club, OF San Frsno4sNo> pae''sae'
useful map.
rna15nc the Tioga Road above the valley, the
-5e-path leads in sbSSt five miles to Eagle Rock
:. me tnp OF the Yosemite fall There Is where the
- ouaht to 10. to look up and down over the
mouutains and the Yosemite Valley. and to avoid
,,e bea; and duss Of the valley, The views from
roge EocR are vastly ersnder than any from the
H. The maths through the fine woods on these
h.icb.s are vs1y pleasing Brooks and widnowsrs
hound A..
7. X remarkable how few visit this scenery, which
vonld make the fortune Of almost any other e'v'
led COUNTRY We rode and drove 2aS miles from
80, Nevada. to the Yosemite, and all agreed u
as ore OF the most charming excursions we mad
EeS s r Toe distance would have been about
20 hn9 Ty to ana Sc l pae eS on from The
There were five Ia our party; mao and Ave
n SaIe "a Ne hired horses from MT Collins keeper
oe Of The livery stables a, Austin. Good horses
Ss G 5G s. S arc o' & had livery
u bles there charge 80 cents day -, Tor s sadSs
STss SAf the e9 9d y vaey aecordns the
rsaied tariff there is 50 day, suppose hors aS
M carriages can be hired reasonably al Bools anu
Fan s1 battle Mountain Station. on the Central
"a son hir uS the Reese River TO Austin The
dly beautiful Birch Creek CANYON IL ten a miles lies
5sb Is Is 3s, south Of this canyon, From Battle
isnDtsin to the Yosemite Valley is less than three
n HnaTT To sa' ii MY IS aSou, twice far
The scenery south and west from Austin Is very
n one s sh superior to Colorado because dsr
nd windy sleeping on the o Eropnd t isoe esm ne
70 Geicious There was not more than one inch
snow at Austin last winter although the eeVa-
Game birds are abundant, Sage chickens may be
from July nd ln ss sssse ReT IN
Mono Pass and in saw ma bands Of wid
here is never enough snow to prevent theI gettsg
Of food and hsy mu Mpny 81 81 t nem s a
ear much better than the Indian horses found In
Their parts Of the country. , ,r,ara,v and
re quite harmless. The suen air which no' now
irtyfour years ago has PASSED awss IN white rG
Billed shirt and black clothes was an indian
opposed he mGs, be Ms sTsy ndas men now do
ONE Work on raj ches. but are said TO be generally
nreisble worku en-. as they are apt TO leave suu-
cniy TO attend some fandango, not returning per
o. ,or weeks Many Indian women earn money
pS wishing and cooking for whites, They still
sint their faces blue yellow. red etc pu, "sa ear
cfuresoue, going about with water jars on their
eads and papooses on their backs -. .h foot
We left the carriage and the wagon az tne 10.
Mono pass and sent the horses back from 'n ne
Yosemite. as had ordered our cur a'ou"' ~
I ibink the Sierra club could do nothing more
LII, y,,alfe No
I'd !eniovahla than TO get an inn established near
md good road thence 10 m 1he Money S
os already been expended, could be utilized Tor
cost Of the way. The only engineering WORK , re,
.uired would be about four miles OF .he " g
Pass " "