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[[underline]]Aug.27 [[/underline]]. Moved camp about 6 or 7 miles up the canyon above the narrow part & camped in old field that has been thrown open at about 8500 feet. Yellow pines and Transition zone species continue on hot slopes, but the valley is mainly Canadian, aspens & spruces. The canyon is rough but not very steep or bad up this far. Divided the load & sent John back after the rest in afternoon.

[[underline]]Aug.28 [[/underline]]. Had breakfast before 6 & started up the peak south of camp with a bag of traps. About 500 feet above camp struck great fields of slide rock of broken lava extending nearly to the top of the peak which is mapped as 10400 feet. The top of the rounded peak is covered with timber and the south slope is open grassy pasture.

Canadian zone covers the top & north slope of the peak except for a trace of Hudsonian. Saxifraga bronchialis is the only real Hudsonian plant seen but the aspens disappear & the upper 200 feet of N.E. slope is somewhat