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Mount Haffner
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Larry near the start of the route about to cross a log
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - This is where the old Radium Highway used to go
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben on the lower sloppes
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Throughout the day we saw several of these ribbons of snow
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben about to pass under a giant snow snake
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben midway on the slopes
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - We followed this skin-ski track to the summit in the background right
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - A zoom shot of the summit from midway up
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben nearing the col between Vermilion Peak and Mount Haffner
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - A snow flea crossed our path on the col
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben on the col between Vermilion Peak (in the background) and Mount Haffner
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - The steepness is demonstrated in this photo of Larry on the route ahead of me
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - As the views improve, we start to think about the stability of the snow...
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben above the col between Vermilion Peak and Mountain Haffner, heading to the summit ridge
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Views west as we continue our ascent
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben setting of some snow-rollers as he continues the ascent
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Still following an old skin-ski track through a patch of Alpine Larches
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - We now have the true summit in our sights
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Larry approaching one of the many ridge benches we had to overcome
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Our route on the left, set against the magnificent Rockies
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Larry following the upper ridge towards the summit
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Views south as we ascend
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Up here, you have know what's a cornice and what's a ridge..
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Larry pauses for a breather just below the summit block
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben approaching the summit block, with Vermilion Peak in the background
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Larry photographing the views south from the summit
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Ben approaching the summit block
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Summit selife, views north
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Mount Haffner Summit Snowshoe - Summit Selfie, views south
