May 21 To Simpson's Ranch on Crystal Creek We left Bierer's rather late and kept on up the south side of the valley. We kept close to the river to Redmond Creek and then ascended the hills, past a deep clear lake evidently, formed long ago by a land slip on the hill near the lake the Aneroid registered 7300 feet. About here were several small bands of elk. We kept along high up in the hills not far below the snow line far above Simpson's Place and descended to Crystal Creek which we crossed at the Simpson Ranch. Here we stopped for the night, although no one was at home. on the hills on both sides of Crystal Creek were several bands of elk. Aneroid registered 7100 feet at Simpson Ranch May 22 To Lafferty's Ranch There was quite a heavy frost in the night. We left the ranch about 7 o'clock and crossed the hills east of Crystal Creek. Saw many elk on the hills among which was a few calves of last year. At the highest point we reached near the present snow line the Aneroid registered 8700 feet. Five miles or more from the Simpson Ranch we crossed the slide, which we crossed about half way up. This slide started in the spring of 1909. We did not see its extreme upper end, but it is said to start in a narrow valley near the extremes Lead of Alkali Creek at the summit. It gradually increases in width and at the far where it dams the river in perhaps a half mile in width. It's 2 or 5 miles long. The bed of the Grouse Creek is dammed by the slide and a lake about 2 miles long is formed. At the dam, the river has cut away large portion of