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 saw a glacier so completely broken up into pinnacles of ice by longitudinal and transverse crevasses crossing each other. It presented the appearance of some basaltic formation with blocks pulled a short distance asunder," (W. S. Green in "Among the Selkirk Glaciers").

Glacier Circle—Name: By Messrs. Huber, Topham and Forster, owing to the number of glaciers flowing into this hollow, encircled by peaks.

Altitude: 5,800—6,000 feet.

Location: Surrounded by Mt. Macoun on the north; Mts. Fox and Selwyn on the west, and Mt. Topham on the south. A narrow opening between Mts. Macoun and Topham gives access from Beaver Valley. The Deville Glacier and its tributary, the Fox Glacier, flow in from the south, then outward towards the Beaver Valley between Topham and Macoun. A number of glaciers also overflow from the Illecillewaet Névé to the Circle.

First visited by H. W. Topham in 1890.

Glacier Circle is a strategic situation for both geologist and moimtaineer. From a base-camp here, Mts. Macoun, Topham, Fox. Selwyn, Dawson, the Bishop's Range and the peaks surrounding the Deville Névé are all reachable. A camp-ground of sunlit parklands adorned with clumps of shapely spruce, with two green tarns reflecting the surrounding peaks, no more attractive place can be found for the study of glaciers of unusual interest.

Route: It may be reached from Glacier by ascending the Illecillewaet Glacier, traversing the full length of the neve to its southern extremity, and then descending to the Circle. In this case a guide is necessary for those unskilled inmoimtaineering. All camp outfit must be carried.

Time required: 8 hours. The best route, however, is by the Beaver Valley trail from Bear Creek Station where the camp outfit can be carried on ponies. Time required by this route, two days. A Swiss guide not necessary.

Glacier Crest—Name: By members of the Appalachian Club.

Altitude: 7.419 feet.

Location: A rock-ridge confining the Illecillewaet Glacier on the south-west; also, forming the northern extremity of the Asulkan Ridge.

Route: A path branches from the pony-trail up the Asulkan Valley a short distance beyond the first bridge and zigzags in a typical corkscrew trail to the crest of the ridge. It is too steep for ponies.

Goat Falls- Name: By Howard Douglas. Commissioner of Dominion Barks.

Altitude: 5,500 feet.

Location: A stream from the south slopes of Mt. Ursus Major drops over a ledge directly east oi the Caves of Cheops in Cougar Brook Valley at the junction of the upper and lower valleys. They drop perpendicularly 40 feet, disappearing under the ground and join the subterranean waters of Cougar Creek within the Caves. (See Caves of Cheops.)

Gopher Falls—Name: By the Topographical Survey.

Location: Two streams come tumbling down the steep slopes of Cougar Vallev from a glacier on the south-east face of Mt. Ursus