The _East Gardiner Cañon_ affords some fine views, and the falls and rapids at its head are extremely beautiful. It is through this cañon that access can most easily be had to the summit of _Mt. Everts_. This last name is given to a feature which bears almost no resemblance to the ordinary conception of a mountain. It is simply a broad table-land extending from the Yellowstone south and terminating in the lofty and conspicuous bluff just across the Gardiner from Mammoth Hot Springs. The mountain derives its chief popular interest from the Everts episode, which is described in the Appendix under "Mt. Everts." It is also of great interest to scientific inquirers. The view from the prominent point opposite the forks of the Gardiner is very fine. The whole Mammoth Hot Springs formation and the group of buildings near it; the cañons and falls of the three Gardiners; and the array of mountain peaks across the valley, form a rare and attractive landscape. Mt. Everts and the surrounding country are the home of the Park antelope and mountain sheep. As explained elsewhere, Mammoth Hot Springs is the official and business headquarters of the Park. The handsome garrison of Fort Yellowstone is built on the white formation, and with the hotel and transportation buildings, the post-office, and various other structures, gives the place a village appearance not to be seen in any other part of the Park. CHAPTER XIV. A TOUR OF THE PARK. _Mammoth Hot Springs to Norris Geyser Basin._ Distance, twenty miles. The first object of interest, after ascending the long hill above the Springs (four miles), is the _Gallatin Range_ of mountains, which bursts into full view upon emerging from Kingman Pass. Its various peaks--_Joseph_, _Gray_, _Bannock_, _Quadrant_, _the Dome_, _Mt. Holmes_, and others--still retain the heavy snow drifts of the previous winter. Some of these peaks remain in sight for thirty miles along the tourist route. _Swan Lake_ (4.5 miles) is a little pond on the right of the road. _Willow Park_ (8 miles) comprises the valley of the lower course of Obsidian Creek. It is a dense growth of willows, and forms an attractive sight, either in the fresh foliage of spring or in its autumnal coloring. _Apollinaris Spring_ (10 miles) is on the left of the roadway, in a pine forest. Tourists generally stop and try its water. _Obsidian Cliff_ (12 miles) is composed of a kind of volcanic glass, black as anthracite, which abounds at this point in enormous masses. The Indians once quarried implements of war and the chase here, and many fine arrowheads have been picked up by explorers. The building of the first road along the base of this cliff has some historic celebrity, owing to the novel method employed. It was done by Colonel Norris, who thus describes it: [Illustration: _Terry Engr. Co._ _Haynes, Photo., St. Paul._ Obsidian Cliff and Beaver Lake.]