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Ascent Time |
Complete Time |
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09 Jun 01 |
4:10 |
2:45 |
09 Jun 01 - The forecast was for afternoon thunderstorms, but we headed out anyway. Here we see
(L to R) myself, Frederic and Paul just before we got to Chester Lake. In the background toward the left,
you can see Mt. Galatea, all covered in snow.
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09 Jun 01 - Here we are on the slopes of Gusty Peak with Mt. Galatea still in the background.
We made the mistake of cutting too high across the slopes of Gusty. There is really no reason to
gain elevation until you are truly at the base of Galatea. As you can see from the sky, the weather
was holding very nicely. Toward the bottom of this page, you'll see a picture from our way out.
The storm clouds were coming.
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09 Jun 01 - The snow actually made the ascent (and descent) much easier than going up and
down scree. Special thanks to John for kicking nice steps the entire way.
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09 Jun 01 - Closer to the top, I had to take a picture of Kent with his camera. The
picture kind of gives an idea of the degree of slope we were on. It wasn't too bad. Again, the
snow was great for kicking steps.
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09 Jun 01 - Just before getting to the summit, the storm rolled in. It was blue sky all day
until we got to the summit. Here we see Paul making that final approach up the summit ridge.
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09 Jun 01 - Here is another picture of Galatea taken on the way out. Compare this to the
first picture and you can see that the weather was getting worse. On the bright side, the snow
made of one very long glissade from the summit to the valley below. One of the longest glissades
I've ever had.
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09 Jun 01 - Here we see Kent finishing out his glissade. As always, when the picture is taken from the bottom
of the slope, it looks much flatter than it really is. We were able to get a lot of speed up for this glissade, and
espite how it looks, the glissade was continuous. the rock bands seen behind Paul were actually wide enough to
glissade through.
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