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Ascent Time |
Descent Time |
| 1st Time |
02 Oct 04 |
2:05 from
Fortress summit |
1:45 to
parking lot |
This is looking up the scree ramp, which leads to the Gusty summit. There are three main scree ramps
leading to the summit ridge. Vern and I took the middle one up and then the lower one down.
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This is Vern slogging up. For some reason, Vern and I hit an energy wall at the same time. This slope
was a slog, but I think the bike ride back to the car at the end of the day helped give us new life.
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This is a picture of Vern making his way up the summit ridge. The scrambling started to get better at
this point because you were no longer on that slippery scree.
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Gusty Peak offers great views of Mt. Galatea, seen here.
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A little bit before the summit, is a small notch in the ridge. Here we see Vern looking back at me, wondering
if I'm coming along.
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This is looking back down the summit ridge with the southern Smith Dorrien in the background.
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Here we see Vern at the summit with Mt. Assiniboine in the background.
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This is Vern making his way down the scree slope leading back to the bowl between Fortress and Gusty.
Vern and I were both wearing technical approach shoes for this three peak trip, and coming down scree
slopes in those shoes is never a pleasure. Lots of bruised ankles that day.
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This is Vern close to the bottom of the scree slope looking up at Fortress.
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Soon after leaving the summit of Gusty, we were back at Chester Lake. What a beautiful area.
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This is from the south end of Chester Lake looking up toward Mt. Galetea. Wonderful fall colours
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