Pines, Hardwoods, And Sunlight Along The Trail In Cottonwood Canyon.

…. “Mountains like these and travelers in the mountains and events that happen to them here are found not only in Zen literature but in the tales of every major religion. The allegory of a physical mountain for the spiritual one that stands between each soul and its goal is an easy and natural one to make. Like those in the valley behind us, most people stand in sight of the spiritual mountains all their lives and never enter them, being content to listen to others who have been there and thus avoid the hardships. “

Cottonwood Canyon, Gallatin National Forest, MT. (Discussion Continued from previous.) As a person reads ZMM => At first the ZMM Narrator's Mountain Climb Route’s physical layout, may be a complete mental scramble.
….But as we study a topo map and read and re-read Chris and the Narrator’s “climb” (Chapters 16-21), we can gradually begin to pick-out a Mountain Landscape Route, that fits rather well the Narrator’s overall clues.
…And as you will see => My "N+C Hypothetical Climb Trail" is indeed a route an experienced mountaineer would choose as a reasonable way to climb “to the snow” with an 11 year old boy.
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(Photo IMG_0033.JPG at 12:53...... ZMM Page = 167 ...... Photo Simulate WayPt = N+C 02c = 1.1 mi fm DeWeese.)