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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Our destination, the middle peak above the vehicles, comes into view from the highway
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Larry starts off in the valley
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Colourful nature, even in January
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Typical trail condition of the Baldy Pass section
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - From Baldy Pass looking up towards the route toward the Peak
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - From Baldy Pass, the summit looms above
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - The route steepens
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - The steep upper flanks of the Peak
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Larry leads the way
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Chinook clouds in the skies above Mt Baldy
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Ben in foreground, Mt Baldy just beyond
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - The amazing appearance of an insect near the summit of the Peak
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - An amazing insect makes an appearance near the summit of the Peak
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Ben on the flanks of Midnight Peak
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Ben arriving at the summit
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - From the summit looking east, Moose Mountain in the far distance
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - From the summit looking west
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Summit pano, looking west
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Larry's summit pano movie
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Summit selfie
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Views west from the summit
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - In the foreground right is the snow-free summit of Mt Baldy, to the left a bit down is the treed summit of Prairie View Mountain, and in centre is the triangular Mt Yamnuska with its broad flat face
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Larry begins the descent
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - A short movie of our descent through the snow
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Cones on a Balsam fir
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Larry pauses above Baldy Pass
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - A Clark's Nutcracker!
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - GPS track on 3-D topo map
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Midnight Peak Winter Scramble - Hike profile