The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-07-02
To Visit This Yer Lake Chelan
and Valley Of the Stehekin.
START FROM saA7Tlt JULY 10.
Faffh Ansfvesssry ~ the Cssb's Or
rastxnstcp to he Celebrated Aasa
HatusaI surr0anatnGs-Fo1l Par
eSealars ~ the PropOsea TRIP
-asme Of the Previous Excur.
siens Of These MssAtafn<ers.

Aaxamas now probably the
most famous club of mountain
climbers In the world. WILL start
II frarn Seattle MONDAY evening.
July IL. the objective point this
year being Lake Ciseiar and the valley OF
the 6sehekin.
The country through which. the MAxamas
wal pass ana In which they viii camp II
probably unsurpassed In scenic beauty. IL
b rich alike In the snbltmity Of rugged
mountain peaks and In the peaceful beauty
Of calm lakes AID quiet landscapes. II
abounds IN magnificent waterfalls and ma
5estic glaciers.
Lake chsisn IL . lovely body Of water.
md X It had stood nearer the beaten high
ways Of the worlds tourist trsve. and art
study Il would be today as famous as the
Of Switzerland. Clustered around 1t are
Whole armies Of massive rock piles, lifting
their proud white helmets into the upper
aSurA Streams OF Icy milk-whifa G.aciaI
WATER ieaD from Dizzy heights In thous ma
e1eujsita waterfalls 0orges and canyons
thAt rival those OF the Yosemite. the Tel
iovoeene. and even the Grand Canyon of
GlAc1erA With gIsstening icy expanse, deep
crevansss and ali tn fascinat.on and awe
that surrounds their subiimity, are present
MOI - twos or nbrees or dozens, but BY
SCORES and hundreds
Add to this the vine Of the free mountain
air. the giory Of sunr.ss and sunset, the
sent,e sephys Of the pinsy woods. the COM
pany ard intercourse Of congeniai spirits,
ihe daily life Of the dweilers in tents and
the snchantmsnt and good comradeshfp OF
the evening campfire, and there results an
ensemble which will attract to the shores
of lovely Lake .ChsIan in July. 1859. good
~ company OF cultured and INTELLIGENT
men and women whom to meet VIII be Q
privilege and TO know . daily delight.
+ + +
TNyERYBoDY knows who the Maxamas
IL are. The club ID. ~ II has from the
first aimed to be. club OF mountain
cltmhess 1t takes TT name from the Span
Ina word Ma1ama. the name for the noun
tain goat or American chamoix. found in
the Alpine heights Of the Cascades and the
Rockies. Tbs club recognizes no state lines.
having members In many states OF the
Union and some abroad. Membership Is re-
sJictHd. tosthose who have scaled the sum-.
nit OF a permanent snow peak. It must
lie q mountain. too, up the. sides Of which
II IL impos19ble 10 rde. horseback or other
wise: the sfnountain Shust be acceptable as
well az t&e candidate. The club was or
ganixed % ~ S0GDknit OF Mount Hood. July
-. 1894. AT which time nearly 80 persons,
many OF them ladies'. participated In the
exercises, and witnessed thunder storm
no far below Them that. IL sfcne could
have been dropped. It would have fallen a
mile to the shifting clouds and forked
lightning, Under the stimulus given to
mountaineering by the Mazamas the lis,
OF efigihles ID rapidly increasing. while the
club grows in membership and influence.
Annual outings are held and every effort
II put forth TO make them both pleasant
ana profitable. The work OF the club II
largely scientific, and some Of the finest
lectures in America. are delivered around
the camr fires. Celebrated scientists Join
to their success. Artists and authors add
interest. and al, combine to form the most
congenIai jolly mountain parties In any
land.
A single peak IL selected each year. and
a regular meeting OF The club held on Its
summit. Reduced transportation rates are
secured. and economy as well "a comfort Is
studied The public - cordially invited TO
join In these summer outings and members
OF the club eheerfuliy give any Information
or suggestions that are necessary.
cTTo HE first outing enjoyed by the club
was the Journey To the summit OF
Mount Hood I'm 1894 SEINE 800 pec-
enjoyed and appreciated by all and formed
the keystone for the subsequent success
OF the club. Daring the summer Of ISIS
q general rendezvous was made at Mount
Adams. Washington and parties were sent
Ia various other mountains. all of which
were assembled on the same ,iav for the
purpose Of experimenting In holiograrhy
This WAS probably the most extensive ex-
pertinent ever made ira that branch of
science. Bsrometrie and other ahserya~
tons were taken by which the height of
the mountain aas calculated and the fact
FIRST established that Il WIS higher, in
stead az lower. than Mount Hood I'm ,sss
the club conducted q successful eyrsirs on
TO the fafseus Crater lake ia Southern
Oregon. where. assisted rs representatives
OF various sctentitc departments of the
general government. valuable scientific
knowledge Was obtained. Crater lake is a
nearly circular body AZ water six niles
In diameter ard spsa feet deep. occupying
thu crater of an Old and long since extinct
vvicano- u $ entirety surrounded hy near
~ perpendicular walls tsem / sal Ia seoa
feet hlgh II = one ST The great natural
wonders al tho wnrla The remains nj the
mountain ia which this lake IS Zoe ste,i
had never been named So. with aprro-
pirate ceresnnnsaS 81 Was chfssseuei Mount
Maxao'a. whlch name has been accepted
by the government.
nisr~~the k.nS of mountains" and aas os
shs niuSs majestic peaks 1T America
The excursion al iS,> was 10 Mount ~
Helsnss and was signal repetition az the
very striking annual climbs" which are
ROW beginning IN attract much attention
all over tlfe world
The excursion yhis yvar Viii start EFos,
s*attse Aenaay evening JGiy "a All las.
Ing west 81 the t'ass,s.ies ara sngsseEns IA
participate sAcni& Re 90 han3. that ,fav
prepared 81 take th, Great Neftlfs,Ffs tfasf,
from THIS cisy The club wlll arrive ar
wenasehas essYlv next suetggag. and lssave
~ nssat cE tAe relgfa ia river ~ s,'elss<k
scr Chclsn tails ~A@g~ Il Ngu hs Essst IN
stages as1a taken ~ t.akcstssr. al ss.. low
cr end % Lake t'helaa TIE nisnt nil 10
epenf there. ana az o'cfork "Wednesday
morning The steamer slIi f>e ssssaraiess Yes
Sfehrkss a. the upf@r essa af she lake
where Thursday Will PC spent FRIDAY
the club Will move about ten miles mn ahs
valley Of the Stehekin and earsn near a
beautiful little iake SATURDAY cssnp wfl,
lie moved Ia Bridge creek. where Sunday
will he sEseat A further ROW an Non-
6sv viii aring TIRE party 60 Tire Horseshoe
hesstn. where permanent camp via ~ es.
fs.aEs hssss,