
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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Bridge Number 3 |
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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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We opted to follow the creek bed back to the main trail. |
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YAMNUSKA - Jan 2004
1st hike of the season
While we waited for another dump of snow we
decided to hike around Yamnuska.
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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Looking east as we climb up through the trees |
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North view from back of Yamnuska |
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Here we had choices..... |

....either hug the wall around to the north side, OR |

scramble up and over the top. |
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Carol, Rita, Gert and Vic scrambling up through a gap |

Carol up in the clouds |

Looking down to the valley |
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Stopping for an awesome view on the way up |

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 |
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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. |