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Starting the loose side-hill traverse to the Diadem / Woolley col.Looking down the 2nd couloir.Looking back at our approach line with Diadem Peak rising at left. We are keenly aware that we must get higher than this peak on WoolleyBOOM! In your FACE! This is the view we've been waiting for.Mount Alberta with Clemenceau just to the right of the impressive NE ridge.Coming up the first couloir.Impressive views past the NE ridge of Mount Alberta towards Mount Clemenceau.Looking up the ledge traverse to the just visible second couloir and the Woolley Glacier to it's left, from the top of the narrow access gully.Descending Woolley's summit ridge.Serenity Peak (L), Fortress Mountain, Catacombs Mountain, Mount Geikke, Mount Robson, Mount Fryatt and Mount Edith Cavell (R). Palmer, Thorington and SmithBen comes up the steep 2nd couloir behind me. This couloir was all ice lower down.Crevasse avoidance. The terrain is a lot more complex than it appears from a distance.The low-angle first couloir is straight ahead, but again we have to detour (climber's right) to get there. Note the rock fall on the right hand side of it?Ben leads up the glacier near the col, to the north ridge of Woolley.Steven and Ben come off the snow patch and up the narrow gully.Looking down the 2nd couloir.Coming up the lower glacier - Woolley Tarn is glass behind us and Engelhard is catching morning alpine glow at upper right.The North Ridge of Woolley is a mighty fine place to be taking a stroll on a clear September morning!Mounts Hooker and Serenity at left, Catacombs (L of center with snow) is also a near-11,000er at 10,926 feet high.The views back over our bivy and Woolley Tarn are awesome already from the top of the 2nd couloir. Engelhard and Cromwell at far right.
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