The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1912-05-31

Tor tne year, ana TINS artlCle
will have reference to some or
the more important projects
outlined by the various sections of the
great Swiss Alpine club, writes John
Richie, Jr., in the Boston Transcript.
The homes of it's man. sections are
In the midst Of the snowy mountains
and with important peaks within easy
striking distance and a wealth OF
guides, professional and amateur, to
lead the parties and three-Quarters OF
a hundred club huts and hotels IN
which the members have some mat
tiers in the way Of precedence. there
is little wonder that not less than four
or five hundred ascents are planned
for the current year. Each n Of the
sixty or ~sixty-1ve sections has its own
itinerary, some Of them. the least am
bilious, with half a dozen trips
planned, while the most important
ones have in general a trip in each
month Of the year.
Bachtel and Berne are the sections
that this year present the most i'm
posing o~utlinings Of the trips, the lat
ter with nc less than I? in It's timer
airy and the former with IA, two of the
peaks at 5000 feet, five others above
$500 and one Of these. the Wetter-
horn, rising to above IL, 900 feet alti-
tude. The Berne section began It's
walks with a ski tour in January to
the Abendberg and a month later to
Selibuhl. The March outing was to
Hochwacht above the ~Langenthal and
a fortnight ago there was a climb to
Beichlen.
High Climbing In June.
Sommerau, in the westerly extension
of the Jura mountains, not far from
Basic, on May IL; four days later a
Joint meeting with the clubs Of central
Switzerland in the Overland, and to-
wards the end Of the month, May 20
q, a Whitsunday trip in the Jura In
the vicinity of Doubs.
In June the higher climbing begins
with the Dent de Brenlaire 0,743
feet) among the northern foothills OF
the Bernese Oberland. July, August
and September have two ascents each,
early in the f1rst-named month. the
Suleck (8,013 feet) in the ranges to
the west of Lauterbrunnen, while July
2O-21 will be devoted to the ascent OF
the Dolden horn (nearly 10000 feet)
in the Kander region. The early Au-
gust trip, "a, will be to Monte Rosa
and in the middle Of the month to the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. September will
ope with a join excursion OF this sec
ton and that of Basic to the Chas-
SERIAL $3.50 feet) and October, No
vember and December will have each
of them q trip to some less important
mountain top.
The Bachtel section began its good
work for the year on January Z with
a reunion with neighboring sections
on the Bachtel, one of the minor ele-
vations of less than 1000 feet over-
looking the lake Of Zurich, and In
February there we're ski tours to
neighboring heights. On May q
there will be a family party" to a
lesser peak near the lake of Zurich.
ana In June Tue ucdNlcI WOIA UcSiuo.
June Q or 9 it will be the Stenalpbrisen
(7.9OO) and June % or 80 the trip will
be to the C~laridenstock (10.700 feet)
in the ranges just south Of the lake Of
Lucerne. Pig Rotondo, a couple OF
hundred feet lower. one Of the st.
Gothard mountains, is the task for
July, while within the first two weeks
Of August the Wetterhorn at above
$4,000 and Glarnisch are alternatives.
the club uniting again on August IS
or rs on the PIG Plata, above II. 1000
feet in the Splugen region. Septem-
Der, and the three following months.
offer less important climbs. being
respectively H0chwang. Kopfenstock.
Regelstein. and Etzel. the latter
Of the height Of one of the Sand
vich peaks Ia tho White mountains.
and Offering no offended view ana -