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At first light, Mike and headed up the 'shortcut' route to the Yam shoulder from the parking lot.

Mike follows me through Birch forest and alongside grassy slopes around the east end of the Yam shoulder.

Yamnuska in the background as we continue our traverse.

Hiking alongside Old Fort Creek with Association Peak in the distance, End just visible through trees to the right.

You know you're on route when you see this oddly shaped pinnacle above and to your left.

Across the last approach gully now, looking across and up at the pinnacle.

Looking across the gully (note the tracks) where we crossed. The terrain above is pretty steep, especially with snow and ice.

Looking down at Mike scrambling through the section I took the previous photo from.

Looking up at the cliffs that we'll traverse south (left) under - but not until we're level with the base of them.

Too far climbers right (on the east ridge proper), looking up at the east ridge and the reason we ain't going this way!! ;)

Views off the east ridge are great already - looking north past Phantom Crag and Orient Point to Black Rock (R).

Looking down the lower scree slope that we came up (from the left).

A very natural 'cairn' marks the first key landmark in the traverse south from near the east ridge across the east face. This is obviously looking back.

The route goes left along the bottom of the photo and then up grippy limestone into the second gully on the left.

The same place as the last two photos, but this time I'm looking east and south to Association Hill and past the Pinnacle (R).

Mike comes up behind me.

Looking down the moderate section - you can spot the natural cairn along the base of the cliff on the left, just under the line of trees.

Looking up at the final scree grunt to the summit of End, from the top of the moderate section. Still lots of loose terrain here - a large group is not advised.

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