VOLUME XX NUMBER I BY JOEL H. HILDEBRAND CARTOONS BY MILTON
HILDEBRAND he Sierra Club is in the process of making a number
of notable discoveries: that its beloved Sierra is the Sierra
Nevada, or snowy range, and must be sought by devoted pilgrims
not only in July, but also in January, to be known in the
fullness of its glory;that winter at high altitudes is not
bitter, but is warm and friendly, for the thin air easily
transmits the radiance of the sun to bare brown backs; that
twelve feet of snow affords a smoother path than even a national
park trail, and runs anywhere you wish to go; that the purple
shadows of the trees and the pure rose of the alpenglow are
colors as rich as those of columbine and heather; that the
smooth folds of sparkling virgin snow, the glitter of icicles,
and the living green of firs showing beneath their heavy white
mantles-all constitute an enchanted world which can be entered
by the magic of the ski. The delighted few who first made these
discoveries have spread the gospel, for on