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The opening of the Alpine Club's Season of 1907 is awaited with the most pleasurable anticipation by great numbers of whole-hearted and patriotic Canadians. That the coming Season will be an epoch in the history of the Club is my firm conviction. With its large membership and loyal adherents all, awaiting eagerly the time when they may be permitted to try conclusions with the glorious peaks and mountain passes in our great West, the Club has, within itself, the quality of unlimited success.

With my early experiences in the Canadian Rockies, I could, perhaps, speak with authority on the subject of our wonderful mountain ranges, but the time and space at my disposal would not permit of my doing full justice to them. I might say, however, that although countless books and articles have been published in laudation of the Canadian Rockies, a great deal has been left unsaid.