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Our day started out surprisingly cool.For the most part Cougar Creek is open and easy walking. Plenty of running water on route too!Cougar Creek at the Canadian Forks.Cougar Creek.Mount Townsend is a LONG way up Cougar Creek and looks to be plastered with fresh snow this morning.Starting up the steep access drainage to Cougar Peak. It doesn't look inviting from below but it quickly tames out.Ascending the steep lower section of the drainage on climber's left.Ascending climber's left of the steep access gully.Up the mankiest part of the access gully, looking forward to the peak rising above us at distant upper left here.Looking forward to quick travel on the snow patches. At this point we'll go up and then left on snow.Wietse follows me up the drainage.Looking forward to quick travel on the snow patches. At this point we'll go up and then left on snow.The snow was rock hard in the morning.Looking back down the access drainage.Looking back down the access drainage.Wietse follows up the semi-firm snow in the mid-gully before the choke point.Wietse ascends avalanche debris.Looking up old steps towards the steep terrain around the choke. It's much further than it appears at this point.Looking all the way back down the access gully to Cougar Creek. Charles Stewart South in the bg.The terrain steepens significantly through the choke. You can see that the snow has no base anymore and is sitting on a mixture of slabs and ice.
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