Mollie Adams Diary of Her Journey in the Canadian Rockies July 3, 1908
Poboktan Camp
Friday, July 3
Moved on down the valley. The trail kept near the creek the first part of the way, then after passing a large teepee camp, it went up a very steep hill to the top of a terrace which is quite prominent in a good many places on both sides of the valley. We travelled along the terrace several miles, fairly good going, although the trail kept vanishing in the midst of windfalls, etc. We camped at 1:30 after four hours drive in some sloughy meadows and burnt timber with poor horse feed. An. 7050 ft. It stood 7100 ft. when we left Poboktan camp, the weather having gone back on us again. Rode in slicker suits today, N. with the additional ornament of a sou’wester, and it rained pretty steadily. A little sickly sunshine after lunch, and at 4 P.M. M. and I started out for a walk. We separated, M. going further and higher than I, but met again quite accidentally on the way home. Variations of hail and snow occasionally. W. and U. did their usual strenuous exploring acts, U. going up a narrow slit of a valley near camp, because it would be a terrace thing to go past the valley and pass which leads over to the big lake. And although it is supposed to be the third good sized creek after Poboktan summit that we hit up, it is a little hard to decide which ones are large enough to be counted. He only found two blind valleys, was almost frozen, as it snowed and hailed hard where he was. W. hiked down the valley to the next creek, which he also found led to nothing. There are traces of trail, and horses have been up almost all these little valleys, probably taken up by the Indians to pack down game. So the last creek, which we can see in the distance, before the Poboktan flows into the Sunwapta, which valley and the beginning of the Endless Chain we can also see – must be the one for us.
Friday, July 3
Moved on down the valley. The trail kept near the creek the first part of the way, then after passing a large teepee camp, it went up a very steep hill to the top of a terrace which is quite prominent in a good many places on both sides of the valley. We travelled along the terrace several miles, fairly good going, although the trail kept vanishing in the midst of windfalls, etc. We camped at 1:30 after four hours drive in some sloughy meadows and burnt timber with poor horse feed. An. 7050 ft. It stood 7100 ft. when we left Poboktan camp, the weather having gone back on us again. Rode in slicker suits today, N. with the additional ornament of a sou’wester, and it rained pretty steadily. A little sickly sunshine after lunch, and at 4 P.M. M. and I started out for a walk. We separated, M. going further and higher than I, but met again quite accidentally on the way home. Variations of hail and snow occasionally. W. and U. did their usual strenuous exploring acts, U. going up a narrow slit of a valley near camp, because it would be a terrace thing to go past the valley and pass which leads over to the big lake. And although it is supposed to be the third good sized creek after Poboktan summit that we hit up, it is a little hard to decide which ones are large enough to be counted. He only found two blind valleys, was almost frozen, as it snowed and hailed hard where he was. W. hiked down the valley to the next creek, which he also found led to nothing. There are traces of trail, and horses have been up almost all these little valleys, probably taken up by the Indians to pack down game. So the last creek, which we can see in the distance, before the Poboktan flows into the Sunwapta, which valley and the beginning of the Endless Chain we can also see – must be the one for us.
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