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Distant panorama down hwy #93 includes Hector, Bow, Chephren, White Pyramid and Sarbach (L to R).Looking back at the glacier / ridge to the summit.Looking over Wilcox Pass towards Engelhard, Alberta, Woolley, Diadem and Mushroom Peak.Sunwapta is a huge mountain and very colorful.View to the south down hwy 93 with Mount Saskatchewan stealing the show above and a brilliant tarn stealing the show below.The Athabasca Glacier looks extremely broken this late in the season.Looking down a steep section of the NW ridge at Rod and my tracks, which are either on or just beside Nigel Glacier.Wilcox Lake would be a lovely spot to whittle away a warm afternoon.The NW ridge.The only snow we encountered near the traverse was right above the col.Athabasca with Boundary in front, Andromeda, Snow Dome with Columbia just peaking out above, Kitchener, North Twin, Twins Tower and Stutfield.Rod comes off the glacier traverse.Brilliant fall colors keep distracting me!Rod completes the traverse - the trail in the scree clearly visible at left.Gorgeous Wilcox Lake to the NW of the col. Tangle Ridge and Sunwapta in the distance.Looking SE towards Cirrus Mountain with Mount Stewart and the White Goat Wilderness at left and Mount Forbes and Saskatchewan to the right.Some hands on scrambling to avoid scree.Mount Athabasca.Looking over the Icefields Center and Sunwapta Lake at the toe of the Athabasca Glacier.
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