A GLIDER de LUX

I have always been somewhat amused by the fact that many things that we humans find so difficult is so easily accomplished by the furred and feathered inhabitants of our mountains. Not long ago as I was returning from a patrol trip down Stevens Ridge I had demonstrated to me the principle of the glider by that able professor of areodynamics, the Hawk.

The wind was blowing with considerable force across the top of the ridge -- sufficient to make the sturdy alpine trees sway to and fro. For over three minutes I watched my friend making his way head on into the wind by skillfully catching the force of the blow on his wings. At no time did he flap his wings but nevertheless made rapid progress by tacking first to the right and then to the left and by successively ascending and descending. Finally he dissappeared from sight behind a knoll so I do not know how long he continued in that manner.

. . . Harold Lancour, Park Ranger.

COMET FALLS

This beautiful falls, whcih we have attempted to illustrate on the cover, is but one and a half miles from the auto road -- and yet comparatively few of our visitors have enjoyed its beauty. It's narrow ribbon of water falls 300 feet over the edge of an old glacial cirque and is one of the major attractions of the trail into Van Trump Park. Try it the next time you visit the Park!