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We originally were hoping to bypass this terrain on climber's right but that wasn't possible so we ended up traversing climber's left instead.

Speed skiing in the dark! Lots of fun - definitely way more fun than walking out would be.

Stunning views towards Lefroy and Victoria as we look ahead to more serious terrain that we'll have to traverse

The views open up behind us as we ascend the avy slopes under Aberdeen. From L to R, Pinnacle, Eiffel, Deltaform and Wastach.

Traversing towards Haddo Peak.

Ben on the lower avy slopes under Aberdeen - Mount Temple in the background.

Little Temple, Temple, Babel, Eiffel, Allen, Wastach, Deltaform, Hungabee, The Mitre, Lefroy and Victoria.

The skis are left behind and the hundreds of vertical meters of boot packing begin.

And here's the massive bowl on the lower face. It's extremely foreshortened in this view.

Hey! Barry was up here last July!

Looking ahead to our partial re-ascent of Aberdeen to our waiting packs which are sitting to the right of the intermediate summit near a small rock outcrop.

Ben ascends the snow slope to Aberdeen's summit block. Haddo at center left.

Steven breaks trail across a slope that reminded both of us of Ayesha's key summit block access avy slope.

Mount Temple looms on the left. We saw a massive serac failure on its upper north face which was kind of awe inspiring to watch and listen to first thing in the morning!

This photo exaggerates the terrain a bit, but it was "one-at-a-time" across these gullies.

A lovely sunset over Little Temple from Paradise Creek.

Back across the exposed gullies.

The impressive north face of Mount Temple.

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