ASCENT OF MT. EGMONT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 750, 24 February 1910, Page 4

ASCENT OF MT. EGMONT.

y>;i y>-. BY MINISTERIAL PARTY J andt'.'a, ■sinall r'party, Miss:l'Powlds,' : mads ;tHe /Of; ;Mount..Egmorit : :'last'. ;Sa{u/day'. ; '' .;,:;'';?"t; %'■■ : ;'!,EecQnntipg: j'jtheir h 'experiences''' Vto.i,' ,:a! Itliat' hs';w&s'7;(lelighted,'' with ] his', .trip 'House' (3000 ft.) ,-wag'' a;■ distant' -.of inad« .a iihriragh y.'iwsmtif'al '.'avenue "of.'trees/..'of s, - which were within ' easy " access ■frpm'the'-Mountaiii-.Honsc.-^were-vwell. < worth seeing,.-. .Continuing ■ the ascent > beyond .this, point j there'ijwas \vfor >three-, quarters 7of a milo apath ' through a splendid . forest. After I'anthaui's Peak, 'which.,was at the 6660 ft.. level,' no vegetation was eeen. From that point' the :ascent, jn-as. very; steepj'yover.i loose scoria rbck,rigbr'tip.-to'.th6 sum-; •mit, ' where,' there was a small' broken •cratcr, partly filledXwith; siio'w.. ' As''- a rule,' the crater was'filled fwiih snow" ■ and oap of . the. mountain was covered,', very old-residents stated that they' .had .hover ; seen' so little :sriow;'on the .mountain as' there. was at present. Eight ) On.. the top' : the ; party - experienced bril■Jiiint sunshine, and thecloud effectsiwere 1 very beautiful. .. • .■<- . . \ Fowlds went on '.tjy 'Ay thaV not many., residents,; of . other,:distriots ,madethe trip, to the Mountain House, .butit was .a yery - popnlar,. resort for.' people in the: nnEhbourhood.": not..' infrequently, happened that from' 2CO 'to SOfl I ■people ,were. there : ''at one';timer, Jn addi-1 tion .to .the .boardinghbuse;: a number ' of: other iixocommo'datitfh houses .at which.; visitors could' sleep,•nhhd. were : allowed to use' th&ikitohe'n and. dining-' •rooms . ;a i'cost ; ,of .only; .isVper* day, :J'hilst. there\were also, several.,small cottages where parties, of Vls' prv2o could put up at a eost.,of ,2s. per dar-'/ipicce, T!)e whole .'of. the' summit and': for' a considerable distance -around had "been reserved as a. national park. -fArouiid' Mountain' ; House: one; could spends. db'ligttffiil holiday, the- bush scenery;;in thp/ip.eighbonr,hood bfejng equal to:arivthingrof ''the'.kind' in, tho Dominion. . Frotn • House the. remainder of Jthe aS'cfent occu- ■ pied. about,seven hourssbut ctp thispoint ; was, accomplished iii ',21 hours.; --In conclusion, $Mr. \Fowlds remarked , that he did notifthink the.'summit would ever become Viyery popular, climb. Up to Pantham's 'FefU; (COOOft.), however,' the, ascent was comparatively