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Up the Gorge (Day 1)   This view from the dock shows a thick, sheltered forest withering to tundra as the gorge of Western Brook Pond rises from near sea level to 700 meters (about 2300 feet). A long cascade of water over a slope of granite is clearly visible and runs through the heart of the most difficult section of the climb. Though this watercourse has carved a broad bed of tumbled stones into the forest floor, it never reaches the pond as surface water.   Previous | Next Comment on this page Web Design by InkFist.Com © 2003.