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Yet another trip down from the hut towards the south ridge of Lyell V!Traversing over the south ridge of Christian Peak for the 5th time in 3 days...Another gorgeous day in a sublime environment! All 5 Lyells show up again.The 'schrund on Ernest is still bridged, but with these warm temps it won't be for very long.At the Ernest / Edward col looking at our tracks up Edward from two days previous.Obviously there is no safe route up Ernest's northern side anymore. We ascended over the 'schrund on the left side.Traversing around the north side of Ernest. Farbus is the rounded snow bump just right of Steven and lower than us here.Farbus, Alexandra, Queens, Oppy, Bryce, King Edward, Columbia, South Twin, North Twin, Alberta, Stutfield, Castleguard, Kitchener, Snow Dome, Androlumbia and Andromeda.Honestly, at this point I really thought Farbus was 'in the bag'. It looks so close from here! Two hours later we were still getting close to the summit.We've already traversed to the west flank of Lyell III and descended steep snow over crevasses.Looks close right? Distinctive red rock in front of us as we start the scramble down to the col. It's at least 300 vertical meters lower than usFarbus finally starts looking like a real mountain as we gain the col.We followed rocks up most of Farbus just for a change of surface and to avoid postholing.Very unique views of Ernest Peak (Lyell III) from the north on Farbus' ascent slopes.Excellent views down Lyell Creek from Farbus - note the forest fire smoke hanging in the valley below.Probing the summit ridge cornice.A beautiful (and rare) shot of Oppy Mountain - a very near 11,000er at 10,942 feet! If it didn't look so involved, I would have pushed Steven to try it.
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