parking lot packing; notice the chicken wire around all the cars.
Date: 07/06/2007
trying to make it all fit
Date: 07/06/2007
shoes on while brett documents the moment. The Jetta completely Porcupine proof! They eat the rubber hoses on the engine; crazy!
Date: 07/06/2007
we there yet?
Date: 07/06/2007
some mountain
Date: 07/06/2007
Bugaboo Glacier
Date: 07/06/2007
first view of Snowpatch Spire
Date: 07/06/2007
Kir in the meadow
Date: 07/06/2007
routine trail obstacles
Date: 07/06/2007
going up
Date: 07/06/2007
close to the hut
Date: 07/06/2007
Conrad Kain Hut from above. Sleeps 50!
Date: 07/06/2007
Abbleby Dome Camp
Date: 07/06/2007
our neighbors in camp
Date: 07/06/2007
Bugaboo Spire
Date: 07/06/2007
Snowpatch Spire, and Bugaboo-Snowpatch Col on the right.
Date: 07/06/2007
in the kitchen area
Date: 07/06/2007
our home
Date: 07/06/2007
View from the toilet
Date: 07/06/2007
A Tarn with a ton of snow still. We hiked to the top of the ridge on the right together.
Date: 07/06/2007
view back to camp
Date: 07/06/2007
snowpatch from the ridge
Date: 07/06/2007
bugaboo from the ridge
Date: 07/06/2007
camp from our morning hike
Date: 07/06/2007
other spires
Date: 07/06/2007
Kir relaxing
Date: 07/06/2007
trying to figure out the sharp thing...
Date: 07/06/2007
better than the beach!
Date: 07/06/2007
mountaineering
Date: 07/06/2007
helpful sign
Date: 07/07/2007
close-up of Snowpatch
Date: 07/07/2007
big wall!
Date: 07/07/2007
the Howser group
Date: 07/07/2007
Pigeon Spire
Date: 07/07/2007
back side of Snowpatch
Date: 07/07/2007
view to west from Kain Route
Date: 07/07/2007
View up Kaine Route from half way up.
Date: 07/07/2007
a little exposure up there
Date: 07/07/2007
more scrambling
Date: 07/07/2007
view down to camp from much higher
Date: 07/07/2007
Snowpatch from higher
Date: 07/07/2007
Pigeon from higher
Date: 07/07/2007
looking back down the Kaine route from 2/3 up. Notice the rap anchor on the boulder. This was my turnaround point (no rope).
Date: 07/07/2007
View of scramble back down to Col
Date: 07/07/2007
view from our tent
Date: 07/07/2007
6:00pm and in bed for the night
Date: 07/07/2007
8:30pm view to south
Date: 07/07/2007
Snowpatch again, on the way down.
Date: 07/07/2007
green and water
Date: 07/07/2007
friendly little tree
Date: 07/07/2007
totally posing
Date: 07/07/2007
Kir hiking down with Bugaboo Glacier in the background.
Date: 07/07/2007
biggest dandilions EVER
Date: 07/08/2007
even bigger!
Date: 07/08/2007
