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The magic starts right at the turn up to Cataract Pass. This is looking up the Brazeau River at the crossing point.Backpacking magic along the Brazeau RiverLooking back at Eric as we enter some flats along the Brazeau River. A bunch of unnamed, but not unimpressive, peaks in the bg.Looking back down the Brazeau River.Descending Cataract Pass.Views back down the Brazeau River.The trail is well marked and obvious where it needs to be.Descending Cataract Pass.More of the Brazeau River with an unnamed summit rising beyond. The entire Cataract Pass trail is on climber's left of the river.Backpacking magic up the Brazeau RiverViews back down Nigel Creek valley towards Parker Ridge and Mt. Saskatchewan.Eric marches off through frost-tinged shrubbery that's also turning into its brilliant fall coat.Crossing a lively Nigel Creek.Getting ready to cross the Brazeau River. Our route out of sight to the right.We hiked over and around some pretty neat boulders. Just enough to be interesting, not too many to be annoying.Getting closer to Nigel Pass now, some of the impressive slab above Eric has slid into the pass area, making for interesting hiking.A surprisingly restricted area - more so than the national parks.Looking back over our approach to Cataract Pass (R) and the glacial tarns under the unnamed peaks from near Cataract Pass.Hiking towards a still-distant Cataract Pass directly into the morning sun.More of the terrain on the Nigel Pass trail - the mountain on the left is unnamed, a very common theme for this area as there are very few named summits here.
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