Its sloping side is glacially planed off at a steep angle, and it reveals the vast extent the great ice field must have covered in the days of glacial activity.

Many bowlders near the Springs are very strongly marked by glacial action.
About a mile from the Springs we came to a tree on which a "cut-off" sign was placed.

When the road was being constructed the builders started a new grade at this point and after going for a mile or so found it was so steep that it had to be abandoned and a lesser grade found by going around.
From the summit we could clearly follow the course of the Little Rubicon, and also secured an excellent view of the sharp point of Rubicon Peak (9193 feet).
A stiff and cool breeze was blowing from the west so we were not sorry to find shelter from the wind as we entered a wooded park, where the song of the pines cheered us on our way.

Soon we struck the road and followed it until we came to the headwaters of Miller's Creek on the right.

Miller used to run sheep up in the meadows, which afford a smooth grade for the road for some distance.