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Wietse skis along the cheerful Vermillion River.Beautiful spring weather in the Chickadee Valley.I love the views in this valley!Looking up valley, we will go up just climber's left of the rock buttress you can see on the right of the photo at around center height.Looking up the avy slope that we used to gain the hanging valley.This photo is taken from the same place as the previous one, but looking up the valley instead.Very fresh bear tracks. I know, because I saw the bear make them! ;)The beautiful hanging valley that gives access to the peak (out of sight). You can see it's almost a terrain trap and there have been recent slides.Looking back down the hanging valley at Mount Whymper.Ferenc skis up behind me - looking pretty darn small in this terrain!Getting higher - this is going to be a BLAST skiing down.Starting to get nervous about the steep avy terrain ahead. We have to go straight up to that high col and beyond. The summit is still out of view.Ferenc follows me up the first part of the steep roll.Lots of avalanche terrain in this bowl!This is typical avalanche terrain and should not be under estimated. There are rocks showing, which indicate a shallow break-away zone.Ferenc finishes the boot pack - the scenery around Chickadee is amazing.Wietse looks tiny as he finishes the traverse.Looking back as we near the col.Ferenc approaches the col with Storm, Ball and Whymper behind him.Chimney Peak looms over the col that is used for the Chick-a-Boom traverse that gets skiers between the Chickadee and Boom Lake valleys.
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