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[[underline]] July 29 [[/underline]]. Caught nothing in our traps but got a lot of birds & kept busy making skins, setting traps & taking photographs.

[[underline]] July 30 [[/underline]].

[[underline]] July 31 [[/underline]]. Went to the top of [[underline]] Baldy  Peak [[/underline]] & the whole length of the ridge including the east & west peaks a mile apart & the lower middle peak where most of the snow is.  The western peak is marked as the highest (12623 feet), but the aneroid read 100 just higher on the east peak & from it we could see lower peaks over the top of the west peak. While the west one is sharp & barren the east peak has a long, broad ridge with rocky east face, good sized snowbanks & numerous rock slides.
Dwarfed timber (Picea, Abies & Pinus balfouriana) reaches nearly to the top of S. W. slope, to a few very dwarfed Picea actually to the top. Extreme timberline may be averaged at 12500, but the limit of upright trees is about 12400.