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It's a HOT morning - of course it's almost noon already now! The impressive cliffs on the left are the SE side of Bison PeakThere's a pretty good trail for the first 2km or so. Here we are high above the creek on an embankment.Great views back towards Mount Chephren.My favorite small wildflower - the Twin Flower.Make no mistake about it - there is bushwhacking involved in the Totem Creek valley! The faint trail doesn't last long.Lower Totem Falls is just visible in the far distance. The best thing to do at this point is stay as high as possible, side-hillingHope you like this! Kilometers of it ahead...The few pockets of trees look innocent until you're caught in the thick of avalanche debris and thick shrubs.Lower Totem Falls plunges down from the lowest of the two lower Totem Lakes.Looking back at Steven traversing above the falls on concrete scree.The lower of the two Lower Totem Lakes is a tiny tarn. Chephren and Howse Peak in the bg.Looking back over the two Lower Totem Lakes with Howse Peak (L) and Chephren (R) in the bg.Looking at the gap that is our col beyond the Upper Totem Lake.Looking back at the two Upper Totem Lakes.Steven crests the col with Hall Tower and it's glacier on the right and Englehard Tower in behind. East Tower in the foreground.From high on the first traverse ridge a small tarn near our evening bivy is visible along with Spreading Peak at upper right.There's a bit of bench on this ridge traverse, but it's still side-hilling no matter how positive you try to make it sound.Now we're finally crossing the east end of the traverse ridge and Corona is in sight on the left! We have to drop into the bowl on the leftDropping into the bowl.We've crossed the bowl - you can see the traverse ridge on the right with Spreading Peak peeking over it. Marmota is now at center
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