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From the clearing near the pullout you can see the massively foreshortened gully that we will ascend left of center.Looking up the lower SW gully on Vaux.Looking up the lower SW gully on Vaux.Gazing down the gully - we haven't even passed tree line yet...Thankfully we're in the shade while ascending this beast. Getting much higher now.Loose and huge.A tele of Sonny slogging up the massive scree gully with our access gully in the sun behind him.Starting the curve to climber's left, the lower south ridge is now showing up on the left in this view back down my ascent route.The terrain is horribly loose, the higher you go. It was likely covered by ice a short while ago and gets rearranged by avalanches each winter.On snow, finally!Back on slabs covered in loose rock. :(Slabs and scree.Avoiding scree and slabs by taking snow.Higher than most other peaks in the vicinity now - still not at the crux.The snow arete just under the crux wall to the ridge. I used crampons to cross it and was glad I had them along.Looking up the loose and steep crux - much steeper than it appears here.Looking down on the arete.Above the snow arete now, climbing to the ridge and looking back down.Note the steep headwall to the right? Don't try to scramble that... ;)Looking south to Chancellor Peak from the summit ridge.
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