The Snow. Result of John Muir's Investigations in the Sierra. A Lighter Fall Than Known Since the Settlement of the State. What May Be Now Seen in a Trip Through the Mountains-Rivers and Streams Full-The Forests in High Altitude.

Authors

John Muir

Files

Kimes Entry Number

178

Original Date

6-22-1889

William and Maymie Kimes Annotation

After relating his observations of the snowpack in the Sierra, Muir describes the winter storm season, and in conclusion writes: "And when the last storm has fallen and the sun with increasing heat withdraws the crystal cloth from the landscape, the lost streams are set free to run in the light, the meadows take on their own proper bloom, the bent groves arise, birds and all the other mountain people come back to their summer homes, and over every height and hollow life and joy refreshed and replenished proclaim the glorious story of the snow on the mountains."

Publication

San Francisco Daily Evening Bulletin, June 22, 1889

Page/Column

p. 1, col. 6

Reprint/Offprint

For a reprint see no. 502

Recommended Citation

Muir, John, "The Snow. Result of John Muir's Investigations in the Sierra. A Lighter Fall Than Known Since the Settlement of the State. What May Be Now Seen in a Trip Through the Mountains-Rivers and Streams Full-The Forests in High Altitude." (1889). John Muir: A Reading Bibliography by Kimes (Muir articles 1866-1986). 172.
https://scholarlycommons.pacific.edu/jmb/172