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The avalanche chutes on the winter route to Surprise Lake do not have a lot of snow until 3200ft
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Surprise Creek was pretty full on this warm spring day
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Surprise Creek has many small waterfalls of big logs in the creek
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Surprise Lake in the early morning (8:30 am). Surprise Mountain is visible in the far distance. The steep slope in the foreground is Spark Plug Mountain
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Glacier Lake at 9:15 am. The pass in the background is Surprise Gap, with on the left Pt 6594 (informally known as Lighting Peak) and to the right Surprise Mountain.
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Glacier Lake and Surprise Mountain
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Outlet of Glacier Lake
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Panorama of Glacier Lake and the ridge from Surprise Mountain to Spark Plug Mountain
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Surprise Mountain
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Surprise Gap. The gap virtually always has several avalanche tracks trigger by snow and cornices from the steep rocks left and right
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Fresh avalanche from Surprise Mountain
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Avalanche from Surprise Mountain
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Some icy snow flying by
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Avalanche debris, stick for size
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View from Surprise Gap on the gorgeous group of Mt Daniel, Lynch and Dip Top
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Cathedral Rock from Surprise Gap
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View north from Surprise Gap towards Glacier Peak
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Glacier Peak from Surprise Gap
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Mac Peak from Surprise Gap
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Thunder Mountain from Surprise Gap
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View back at Lighting Peak from Deception Lakes
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Mac Peak from Deception Lakes
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Melting Deception Lakes
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Mac Peak from Deception Lakes (taken in the afternoon on the return trip)
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Mac Peak from the tarn at 5700ft
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View of the approach to the SW ridge of Mac Peak. We went roughly until the cornices visible from here.
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The climb of Mac Peak is very enjoyable with views that just keep getting better. Here we see Mt Index, Baring, Mount Sawyer in the foreground, and many peaks of the Wild Sky Wilderness
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View of Terrace Mountain from Mac Peak
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Looking back at Surprise Gap and the gentle sides of Spark Plug, Surprise and Lighting. Through the gap you can see Painted Mountain the far distance
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Panorama from Mac Peak of Terrace Mountain to the Monte Cristo group
