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OK - this is no longer a 'simple scree hike'! With hard snow, glacier ice and fresh snow to spice up the rock, the south ridge didn't give up easily.Looking over Watermelon and Puzzle Peak to the Wapta Icefield.The view from under my tarp. Eric is sitting in the rain rather than get cooped up in his bivy sack already.Vern on the summit with the cliffs towards Recondite showing up through clouds.We start up in grey, soggy conditions.Brocken spectreDefeated for today! Summit is in clouds above us here.Ben comes down the crux.The clouds continue to thin in this view towards the Lake Louise peaks.Looking south over our ascent ridge.Looking back at Willingdon's south ridge.Looking down on the tarn between Willingdon and Crown - we weren't expecting that to be there! Note the thick cloud coverI was very happy to have a tarp so I could at least keep my head and shoulders out of the sack without getting soaked.Brocken spectreDescending the south ridge.More foggy scenery from the south ridge ascent.Crown Peak and South Willingdon above the clouds.Mount Harris is barely visible under the clouds.Clouds over the Siffleur River Valley.Temple, Deltaform, Hungabee, Lefroy, Victoria, Goodsir Towers, Vaux, Hector, Balfour, Mummery, Forbes, The Lyells, Amery
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