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Ascent Time |
Descent Time |
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30 Oct 04 |
3:15 |
2:10 |
This is Chris and Blair hiking across the fields on their way to the mountain. Soon after I took this picture,
we turned left, approaching the ridge on the upper left side of the picture. There is a trail leaving the
roadside pullout, but at times it's a bit hard to follow, especially with snow covering a good part of it.
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This is Blair heading up the lower section of the ridge. The lower section is mainly just hiking.
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Here we see Chris coming up the lower slopes. In the background, you can see the fields we had to cut across.
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This is more of the lower ridge, with Blair making his way up.
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Here we see Blair and Chris cutting across the middle shoulder heading toward the upper ridge, which is where the
good scrambling can be found.
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At this point, the wind started to really pick up. Here we see Blair and Chris (lightweights) struggling
against the wind.
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This is a closer shot of the upper ridge. It's nice to attack it head on, but when it gets too tough,
an easier route can generally be found by going left.
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Look at that. Chris is growing horns!!!!
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While Chris was playing with those horns, Blair jumped out to take a big lead.
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Chris tops out after a short bit of scrambling. Plenty of good scrambling yet to come.
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This is Chris making his way up one of the chimneys. The rock was really solid in this area,
which is kind of rare for Waterton.
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This is a look over toward the true summit. Unfortunately, very strong winds (and morale)
prevented us from walking over there.
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This is the final bit of the north ridge with the north summit seen here.
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This is looking down the SE side of the mountain. The ice climb seen in the background is Sullivan Falls.
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