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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - A nice flat section starts the hike
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Larry finds the start of the uphill section
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Ben on the lower slopes heads up the trail
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - We were surprised to see delicate ferns so early in the season
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - These locals ain't afeared of us!
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Not often we get so close to do a portrait of these Rocky Mountain Sheep
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - A bachelor herd of Rocky Mountain Sheep
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Larry midway up
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Ben with the Kananaskis Valley below
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - A route cairn midway up
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Snow starting 2-3's of the way up
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - With the Chinook winds blowing, there were only patches of bright light
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Ben approaches a location called "The Gates"
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Interesting skies all day!
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Larry kick-steps his way up towards the upper ridge
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Very manageable snow near the top
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Ben heading to the first summit
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Ben ascending past a cornice of glistening snow
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Heading towards the first summit
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Larry leads the way to the upper ridge
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Views south from our summit
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Larry on the upper ridge
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Once again, Ben sans chapeau due to the high winds
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Views SE from our summit
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Tracks on the ridge to the first summit
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - We were surprised to see a Gray-crowned Rosy-Finch near the summit with so much snow about
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Summit selfie, south view
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - Ben picks his way down the rocks below "The Gates"
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - One of the Rocky's Draba species...
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Opal Ridge Spring Summit Scramble - The Rockies to the south
