Snow-Pinnacled Grandeur of the New Zealand Alps.
(Photos, J. D. Pascoe.)
The above illustrations depict some of the beautiful mountain scenes in the little-known region of the Southern Alps (Mathias Pass), between, Whitcomebe Pass to the south and Browning's Pass to the north. This region was recently traversed by members of the Canterbury Mountaineering Club (shewn in illustration 10) who succeeded in reaching the summit of fifteen virgin peaks in the area. (1) Shews a flooded canyon creek; (2) an unnamed peak; (3) the base camp; (4) valley of the Whitcombe River; (5) panorama shewing various peaks; (6) a hanging glacier; (7) valley of the Upper Mathias River; (8) Kea Pass from the Agassiz Range;—(9) rock peak of Mt. Marion; (11) Shafto Peak and Mt. Bryce.