Ursula at the trail head in the Chateau Louise parking lot. |
 Roy testing the snow. |
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 Crossing the first bridge |
 Roy and Glynn stopping for a snack. |
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It was a cloudy day, but the sun did manage to sneak through the clouds
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 It was tough going trying to break trail on the skinny skis. The Giant Steps would have to wait for another day. |
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 Looking up at Sentinel Pass
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YAMNUSKA - Jan 2004
1st hike of the season All photos courtesy of Vic Panei
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 Our destination. We went up the east side, across the top, and rode the scree down the west side. |
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 North view from back of Yamnuska |
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Carol, Rita, Gert and Vic scrambling up through a gap
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 Carol up in the clouds |
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Stopping for an awesome view on the way up
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 Carol, Ursula, Rita, Gert on top of a pinnacle |
 Ursula leads the way as we continue on |
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| Ursula using the cable over a tricky section | Rita navigating the cable section | ||
 Gert and Carol approaching the summit |
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 The summit |
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| The first scree section from the top. Vic ran out of film before we reached the real, fast, fun and crazy scree section | |||
 From here it's a short traverse under the rock wall and down the scree. We took a minute to boot ski down this snow slope first. |
We hadn't originally planned to hike right round Yam, but once up top it seemed like the thing to do.
Our leader Vic Panei accompanied by Rita, Ursula, Gert, Keang and Carol. |
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