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Looking up the easy gully.The best descent route from the top of the headwall isn't obvious, so we were glad we used some cairns to mark it on ascent.Just ahead of Phil here, we will escape over to his right and start the long, convoluted route down the NW face / slabby gully of the mountain.Finally off the NW side of Lyautey and back on easier terrain. The abutment ridge at left here.Zooming in towards Lawson Lake with Beatty, Sir Douglas, Putnik, Robertson, French, Jellico and Smith Dorrien from L to R.Fond memories of our three day trip of Warrior, Cordonnier and Northover, wich is out of sight at right.Surprisingly good views over Wake Nambe and Warrior Mountain towards Temperence Peak at right.Thanks to day time melting, we were forced to descend hard, unforgiving slopes on skier's left of the creek until we could finally cross it lower down.Getting near our turnoff now - Putnik rising in the smoky morning air.Looking back up at the headwall. Treed ramps at left, hard routes in between and part of our gully just barely visible at upper right.Ascending a bare section of slab in the gully. On descent we found less slabby, but steeper, terrain to skier's right of this section.The waterfall comes into view with Sonny's route at top right here on the left trending ramp.Easy exit gully through the headwall.We ascended to the center of the main gully and then proceeded up and to the left, all the way to upper left before finding an easier access to the summit block.Phil starts up the trail beyond the Invincible Creek crossing.Soft morning light thanks to forest fire smoke.Mounts Sarrail and Foch rise dramatically over the Foch Creek Valley and approach for the Aster Lake region.Interesting terrain which was recently under ice. The Lyautey NW glacier finally in view.Loose, loose, loose. And manky. Very, very manky. Did I mention loose?Coming up the manky gully. Only 3rd class with careful routefinding, but lots of room for problems here including knocking rocks on each other.
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