Across one more narrow valley, crossed by a small running stream, lay the last slopes of the high peak which was their destination.
The Appalachian Trail is crosses the western slope of the peak.
The tunnel project site is located on the northwest slope of the peak near the 2,800 ft. level.
The slope of the nearby peak proved to have more likely hiding places than the rest of the area.
There is an old, abandoned manganese mine on the northwestern slopes of the peak.
The name is descriptive of the slopes of the peak.
The other slopes of the peak are steep and appeal to expert backcountry skiers.
On the second day I came to the first slope of the peak toward which I had marched.
Another hour; the slope of the great peak could not be more than two miles away now.
At length, after about three hours' march, we came to a big silent valley on the northern slope of the great peak.