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Morrowmount rises up majestically behind Wietse - who is definitely NOT impressed with the scree that he is struggling up! ;-)The backside of Yamnuska still has a lot of snow on it in the afternoon.iew off the summit, looking east. Looks peaceful eh?The mountains to the southwest look formidable from this angle. I think this is Lougheed.Wietse on the ridge between the two pinnacles just after the crux. The summit rises in the distance to his left.The valley is quickly warming up as we continue our descent down the CMC valley behind Wendell.The wind dies down again as Wietse climbs the pinnacle on the ridge.Wietse nearly blows off the mountain in a furious gust of wind that nearly knocked me off my feet about 10 seconds after this photo!Mount Doom rises to our left as we make our way into the CMC valley under thick morning cloud.Ridges coming off Goat Mountain and Hassel Castle make for a dramatic backdrop to the valley.Yamnuska's impressive south face catches some of the limited morning sun as we make our way over the east shoulder.The coolest view of Windtower that I've had yet.A brooding Yamnuska wall greets us after another wonderful day out in the mountains.Baldy, Midnight, Fisher, Old Goat, Ribbon, Old Fort, Lougheed, Windtower, Rimwall, Gap, Big Sister, Morrowmount, Peechee, Girouard, Orient Point, End (L to R).You want to be careful on some of the more narrow ridge sections - especially in the wind that we had.A zoomed in view of the wall.Wietse comes up the second pinnacle. We really didn't see any ways around the pinnacles because of all the fresh snow.Spindrifts off the top of Morrowmount as we descend.After hiking for about 3 hours we are coming around the southwest should of Wendell. This is the view back down the valley.Looking north at the CMC wall and part of East Wendell.
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