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Starting the hike in the thick green woods with waterfalls everywhere.
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Hardly a cloud in the sky as we make our way into the basin.
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The colors are starting to change as fall is in full effect and winter is on its way.
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As we gain elevation, the snow fills the gully on the way up to Headlee Pass
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View from the trail up the pass looking northeast
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Whitehorse off in the distance
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Switchback after switchback in this tight gully, would be a great ski!
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Up in the basin, totally snow covered!
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Nick gets his artiste on!
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ice ice baby.
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Looking back down across the valley.
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We decided to try and make a loop up to Sperry and then Vesper, here we are routefinding.
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And here we are wisely turning back when we realized that it was way sketchier than it should've been!
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We headed up to the ridge and this view of the smooth rock ridge and Big Four Peak.
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Nick is dismayed that we won't be bagging Sperry (behind him)
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But gets excited when he realizes we still get to do Vesper!
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I'm happy too!
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We scramble over boulders and snow and make our way up the ridge to Vesper.
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Views abound including Baker and Shuksan!
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Summit silhouette
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Glacier in the distance
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The altitude was getting to Nick.
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Life is goo.
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Going down was a combination of sliding down boulders and glissading where there was snow!
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Looking across the basin at Sperry, we inititally tried to go up the arm on the right side.
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way out.
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...the end.
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Our route.