The Guardians of the Columbia: Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St. HelensWilliams, John H. (John Harvey)
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The Guardians of the Columbia: Mount Hood, Mount Adams and Mount St. Helens
Williams, John H. (John Harvey)
Adams, Mount (Wash.); Cascade Range; Columbia River; Hood, Mount (Or.); Saint Helens, Mount (Wash.)
=Transportation Routes, Hotels, Guides, etc.=--The
trip from Portland to north side of Mount Hood is made
by rail (Oregon-Washington Ry. & Nay. Co. from Union
station) or boat (The Dalles, Portland & Astoria Nav.
Co. from foot of Alder street) to Hood River, Ore. (66
miles), where automobiles are taken for Cloud Cap Inn.
Fare, to Hood River, by rail, $1.90; by boat, $1.00.
Auto fare, Hood River to the Inn, $5.00. Round trip,
Portland to Inn and return, by rail, $12.50; by boat,
$12.00. Board and room at Cloud Cap Inn, $5.00 a day,
or $30.00 a week. Accommodations may be reserved at
Travel Bureau, 69 Fifth street.
To Government Camp, south side of Mount Hood (56
miles), the trip is made by electric cars to Boring,
Oregon, and thence by automobile. Cars of the Portland
Railway, Light & Power Co., leave First and Alder
streets for Boring (fare 40 cents), where they connect
with automobiles (fare to Government Camp, $5.00).
Board and room at Coalman's Government Camp hotel,
$3.00 a day, or $18.00 a week.
Guides for the ascent of Mt. Hood, as well as for a
variety of side trips, may be engaged at Cloud Cap Inn
and Government Camp. For climbing parties, the charge
is $5.00 per member.
The trip to Mount Adams is by Spokane, Portland &
Seattle ("North Bank") Railway from North Bank station
or by boat (as above) to White Salmon, Wash.,
connecting with automobile or stage for Guler or
Glenwood. Fare to White Salmon by rail, $2.25; round
trip, $3.25; fare by boat, $1.00. White Salmon to
Guler, $3.00. Board and room at Chris. Guler's hotel
at Guler P. O., near Trout Lake, $1.50 a day, or $9.00
a week. Similar rates to and at Glenwood. At either
place, guides and horses may be engaged for the
mountain trails (15 miles to the snow-line). Bargain
in advance.
The south side of Mount St. Helens is reached by rail
from Union station, Portland, to Yacolt (fare $1.30)
or Woodland ($1.00), where conveyances may be had for
Peterson's ranch on Lewis River. To the north side,
the best route is by rail to Castle Rock (fare,
$1.90), and by vehicle thence to Spirit Lake. Regular
guides for the mountain are not to be had, but the
trails are well marked.
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