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A gorgeous fall day as we approach the Ghost River Wilderness Area - the sunlit peak is Phantom Crag or Devil's Fang.

Our first river crossing.

Note the river abutting the cliff? This necessitated another two river crossings.

The team is thrilled to change socks again.

The drainage can't be followed very far - this is the Valley of the Birds! Go to climber's left on an obvious trail right from the river flats.

Our first head-on view of Devil's Head with our route to it pretty obvious along the ridge leading right to left.

Looking back at Kev as he descends the first bump after breaking tree line on the first ridge.

Looking back at the highest 'bump' on the ridge also called "Bastion Ridge" by Gillian Daffern (right side). Black Rock is the peak in the distance.

Getting a bit closer the views are awesome up here! Castle Rock lies to the right of Devil's Head here.

There are sheep / human trails all around DH. It sure looks impregnable from the east!

Looking back at our ridge walk along Bastion Ridge (right) and the awesome valley to the north. We had our lunch break here.

Getting close to the traverse under the cliffs - we stopped for a break near here.

The group approaches our rest stop with our approach ridge (Bastion Ridge) stretching out behind them.

A pleasant walk under the cliffs - brain buckets mandatory!

Looking up the scramble gully. Take the main gully up until the trail goes climber's right through the devil's horns.

The gully is steep and VERY loose.

There are enough cairns marking the route that you shouldn't get lost.

We tried to stay as close as possible in the gully.

Dave climbs right over Wietse to prove how good his climbing shoes work! Actually he was worried about getting stuck in the tight chimney that Wietse is climbing!

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