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Looking back towards camp along the snowmobile tracks with Snow Dome at distant left and Bryce at distant right.The weather is perfect as we start our approach to Mount Columbia.The weather is perfect as we start our approach to Mount Columbia.The weather is perfect as we start our approach to Mount Columbia.A panorama of Columbia, the Twins and Kitchener / Snow Dome (R) as we approach on a gorgeous afternoon.You don't want a whiteout on Mount Columbia's lofty summit if you can help it. Note the crevasses to the right of our track.A magnificent view of the group of "Twins". From L to R, West, South, Tower and North Twin.Amazing views to the NW include Dias Mountain at distant right with Warwick Mountain 400m lower in front.Twins at center and the Athabasca River Valley running north to the left of them. On the left is Dias, Quincy, Catacombs, Massey and BlackfriarsThis is a damn big icefield compared to the tiny Wapta! Very happy to be here on such a clear day.Looking south towards Mount Bryce over an intervening unnamed peak with the snowmobile approach tracks.Soon we'll abandon the snowmobile track and start trending left towards the lower SE face which rises just right of center here.Looking back at Ben and Steven as we slowly gain height to the base of Columbia.The massive SE face awaits! Note the bergschrund clearly visible splitting across it's base and the rocky outcrop about half way upGrand views of Bryce (L) with Rostrum Peak and Cockscomb in the background to its right.Approaching the SE face directly now - it is very foreshortened and flattened in this shot.
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