▁ra inf all : ▁ ▁... s ometimes ▁without ▁warning , ▁a ▁heavy ▁th under st orm ▁high ▁on ▁the ▁mountain ▁changed ▁it ▁into ▁a ▁ro aring , ▁te aring ▁mon ster . ▁ ▁At ▁night , ▁after ▁a ▁storm , ▁we ▁could ▁hear ▁the ▁giant ▁rocks ▁being ▁pushed ▁and ▁cr ushed ▁together ▁by ▁its ▁force . ▁ ▁Tre es , ▁lo os ened ▁by ▁the ▁flo od , ▁crash ed ▁into ▁the ▁water ▁to ▁be ▁swe pt ▁down stream . ▁ ▁As ▁with ▁El km ont ▁to ▁the ▁east , ▁Town send ▁sought ▁to ▁promote ▁the ▁T rem ont ▁area ▁as ▁a ▁summer ▁resort . ▁ ▁The ▁T rem ont ▁Hotel ▁opened ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 6 ▁to ▁provide ▁housing ▁for ▁log gers ▁and ▁trans ients , ▁but ▁as ▁the ▁cam ps ▁moved ▁further ▁up ▁the ▁valley , ▁the ▁hotel ▁was ▁opened ▁up ▁to ▁tour ists . ▁ ▁The ▁hot els ▁at ▁both ▁El km ont ▁and ▁T rem ont ▁developed ▁a ▁reputation ▁as ▁lic ent ious ▁places ▁among ▁the ▁mountain ▁people , ▁as ▁C ope ▁re called : ▁ ▁The ▁rum ors ▁and ▁stories ▁of ▁what ▁went ▁on ▁in ▁the ▁hot els ▁kept ▁the ▁n atives ▁ent ert ained . ▁ ▁Some ▁thought ▁of ▁them ▁as ▁the ▁S od om ▁and ▁G om or rah ▁of ▁the ▁mountains . ▁ ▁A ▁few ▁local ▁girls ▁were ▁employed ▁as ▁ma ids ▁at ▁both ▁hot els . ▁ ▁Pre tty , ▁young ▁daughters ▁were ▁war ned ▁to ▁stay ▁away ▁from ▁the ▁places .