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Idarper
1939
July 10 Twin Buttes, Shoshania Co., Wash.
which was about 25 miles
northwest of the ice caves.
The rest of the day was spent
setting up camp at Twin
Buttes and cooking.
The camp at Twin Buttes was
located on the east slope
of the ridge connecting the
2 buttes. The elevation was 4300
feet at the camp site as
compared with approximately
4800 feet at the top of the
Twin Buttes lookout station,
and 4000 feet at Mosquito
cabin located below. The
immediate area around
Twin Buttes showed evidence
of having been burnt sometime
in the past since all of
the trees were small
and the area was much
more open than the neighboring
slopes which had very thick
growth. The soil was rather
sandy and was covered with
a heavy sod of grass in most
places. The grass several channel