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The fires from 2003 certainly have made their mark in Prospectors Valley for a long time to come.Hiking alongside Tokumm Creek.A warm sun rises.Looking up at our avalanche gully. It's very foreshortened.Looking back down valley.Looking across Tokumm Creek towards Ochre Spring Peak.The upper hanging valley is huge.The snow becomes more permanent and our foreshortened route to the summit appears left of center.Find Wietse in the huge terrain.Looking up the small gully below the crux cliffband.Looking back down the gully at left - note Wietse donning his crampons.The cliffband is plastered in snow and water ice.Incredible views back down from the cliffs.Looking down the cliffs - certainly a bit spicier with snow and ice!Big views behind me as I continue to ascend.Wietse approaches the summit with views of the Fay Glacier at left and over the Vermillion River.Mount Bell.Looking over the Vermillion River towards Boom Mountain.Boom Mountain with Castle Mountain behind.Looking over Castle Mountain towards the Sawback Range.
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