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Wietse is a speck in the far distance. Smutwood's two summits (main on right) and Smuts on the far right. Look at all that FRESH POW.Bill follows us up the ridge. This section reminded me of the summit ridge on Balfour.Smuts Pass.Looking back down Commonwealth Creek - The Fist at left.Looking up at Pig's Back and the gully we descended a week ago!The moon sets over CEGFNS as seen from the Burstall Pass parking lot while we wait for Wietse to get lighter...Interesting shadows off the summit of Mount Birdwood.Great views on descent.Getting higher. The weather is sublime. Feels like spring!Wietse and Bill putting the skis back on beneath towering Mount Smuts after taking them off briefly to cross some wind blasted scree slopes.Apparently there's a ski tour that comes up from Birdwood Pass behind us and comes over the Smutwood / Birdwood col and then down our ascent route.Vern on the summit of Smutwood Peak.Looking back at Mount Birdwood and Snow Peak from the lower ascent slopes on the summit ridge of Smutwood.Summits include Birdwood, Snow Peak, Sir Douglas, Leval, Vavasour, Warre, Currie, Redman, Lemon.Pano looking north over the summit cornice towards Banff.Mount Smuts and Birdwood from the summit. We came over the pass between them on lower center and right.In the center of the photo, Mounts Leman, Queen Elizabeth and Albert become more visible.
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