This peak and its attendant lake were named after my incomparable guide, Robert Watson, and it is well that the name of so admirable a man should be preserved in the region through which he has intelligently and kindly guided so many interested visitors.

The elevation is 8500 feet.
What a wonderful panorama is spread out before us.

Close by, just across the valley in which nestles Watson's Lake, 7900 feet elevation, is Mt.

Pluto, 8500 feet, the sides of which are covered with a dense virgin forest, thus presenting a magnificent and glorious sight.

There is no trail through this forest though sheep are taken there to graze in the quiet meadows secluded on the heights.
Further to the east and north is Mt.