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Biddle, Niles, Hungabee, Victoria and Lefroy.More distant Freshfield summits including Trutch, Gligit, Helmer and Barlow.Presidents (L), Des Poilus, Mummery, Olive, Thompson, Crowfoot, Pulpit, Hector and many more.Looking back as we prepare for the ski down from the high col (OOS at right here).Mount Temple looms over Aberdeen and Haddo Peak.Our exit the next day will be via the flats at lower left to Hector Lake.TJ on the summit of Mount Balfour.Just before dropping down on skis, looking over the high col.Looking back at Ben and our approach trail. You can see the terrain is fairly steep already here.TJ and Ben come up behind me - we have already gained a few hundred meters here.Ben and TJ are skiing quickly back down to the hut.The couple from Revelstoke are barely visible on the massive ridge (right near the top).Ben leads up the steep ridge - Mount Olive and Vulture glacier far beneath us now to the right.This was the diciest slope we climbed on Balfour. You can see that it's already very sun exposed and definitely steep enough to slide.Descent was quick.Ben on the summit of Mount Balfour.Ben skis up under the heavily crevassed east face of Mount Balfour. This is where we started crossing bridged crevasses.Mount Forbes is the highest peak in Banff National Park. South and North Twin in the distant background on the right, The Lyells to the left.Descending back to the Balfour Hut.At the Balfour High Col.
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