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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - We normally park in the ditch here, but there was too much snow for that...
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - It's just a little mountain, but at a high elevation
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Larry passes under a snowy bough
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben at the Arethusa Cirque, where we turn left towards the slopes of Little Arethusa Peak
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - We though there would have been more hikers, but found only backcountry skiers' tracks to follow
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Arethusa Creek
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Little Arethusa Winter Summit Hike - Video - You'll see a backcountry skier whiz past - we're NOT at a resort!
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Larry works his way up a steeper pitch on the snowy lower slopes
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Continuing up the snowy slopes
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - We spotted some backcountry skiers
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben on the lower slopes, with the Highwood River valley on the right, Arethusa Cirque on the left
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Now above tree-line the wind starts to pick up
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Larry heading towards the summit ridge
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben on the rubbley upper slopes
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Views west from just below our summit
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben approaches the summit area, with Highway 40, our starting point, far below
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Near the summit are cornices to be avoided
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben arriving at the summit area
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben just below the summit
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben steps carefully on the solid but narrow summit ridge
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben crossing the narrow but solid ridgetop to the actual summit
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Summit selfie with the Rockies to the west
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben cautiously begins his descent
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Looking back up towards the summit from tree-line, we see the curves cut by the backcountry skiers
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Columbian Ground Squirrel dashing through the snow...
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365-6-334 Columbian Ground Squirrel checking out the winter scene...
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Back in the Cirque, we're happy to be on firmer trails again
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Larry on the snowy trails in the Cirque
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Ben back in the beautiful Arethusa Cirque
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Little Arethusa winter summit hike - Larry in the Arethusa Cirque
