Hiking to the Summit of Mt. Baldy

Hiking to the Summit of Mt. Baldy A company of M. I. A. scouts of Monroe, under Scout Master Willard E. Stevensen, recently climbed Mt. Baldy, one of Utah's highest peaks in the Wasatch, its elevation being 13,000 feet. The picture to the left shows the boys taking a muchneeded rest just before starting up its steep slopes. They are near timber line, as you will note from the scrub pines. On the right they are shown on the summit of Mt. Baldy, the object of their trip. The pictures were taken August 27, 1916. They reached the summit at 2 p. m., having walked over a rough, roadless stretch of mountains and canyons from what is known as the "Mouth of Picnic," a distance of about twelve miles, since 7 a. m. the same day. The top picture on the opposite page shows the boys resting on the steep slopes of Mt. Baldy. "This part of our climb," says the scout master, "was so steep that we were sometimes compelled to crawl on our hands and knees." The portrait in the center was taken from the summit of Mt. Baldy looking southeast. Note the small snow patches. At the foot of the big peak in the center is Blue Lake. The bottom picture was also taken on the same day, August 27, 1916. The snow bank that the boys are standing on is over one hundred feet long and about twenty feet deep. It was found a few hundred yards northwest of the summit of Mt. Baldy.

Scenes About Mt. Baldy, Wasatch Mountains Taken by the scouts of Monroe, Sevier County, on a recent hike under direction of Willard E. Stevensen, Scout Master. (For description see opposite page.)