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I remember being sick as a dog when I scrambled Mount Bell way back in 2006.Looking down Chickadee Valley, ready for a fast ride out. The avy slope we ascended on the L with Boom Mountain in the L background.Douglas and St. Bride show up in the distance.A panorama including Bell, Castle, Boom and Storm (L to R).Wietse looks tiny as he finishes the traverse.Excellent dust on crust skiing!That water tastes as good as it looks.Ferenc approaches the col with Storm, Ball and Whymper behind him.Finishing up the best part of the ski down.Wietse skis along the cheerful Vermillion River.Very fresh bear tracks. I know, because I saw the bear make them! ;)Quadra is high on my list of desired peaks.Looking up at another possible ski slope.Looking up valley, we will go up just climber's left of the rock buttress you can see on the right of the photo at around center height.Looking back as we near the col.Storm Mountain is another great ski objective.Ferenc follows me up the first part of the steep roll.Getting higher - this is going to be a BLAST skiing down.Chimney Peak looms over the col that is used for the Chick-a-Boom traverse that gets skiers between the Chickadee and Boom Lake valleys.Beautiful spring weather in the Chickadee Valley.
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