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... Continued
Since we were hiking along the sunny south-facing side
of the cirque, it took us awhile to hit snow.
Joe and Gary, in their ski boots, were glad when we
finally did.
Gary led a bootpack up the SE face of North Peak --
very steep initially, but quickly relenting to a
pleasant climb up snowy slopes with insane views over
Mount Conness and the Twenty Lakes Basin.
Conveniently, the snowfield we were climbing on led us
right to our goal: a huge notch in the ridge at around
11,700'. On the opposite side of the ridge, the
steep and narrow NE Couloir plunged down hundreds of
feet from the notch to the snow apron far below.
We hung out on the steep couloir entrance eating
lunch, trading ski stories and enjoying the views.
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