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Passing through the backcountry gate beyond the Blackhomb Bowl.
Tam McTavish
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Big crowds skinning up on a Wednesday. This area is very popular.
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Looking up the bowl toward the col.
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Skinning up in the group skin track.
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Nearing the col, looking back at the Blackhomb Glacier.
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Topping out on the Blackhomb-Spearhead Col.
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Staying high off Blackhomb heading for Decker, using the Moraines to keep height.
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Crossing beneath the North Face of Mount Decker.
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Topping out above the Decker-Trorey Col.
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Making route-finding decisions. The ridge ahead is a big cornice.
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A better look at Mount Trorey's north face.
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Farther along the ridge, just where it abuts Mount Trorey, there is a short step that one can hop down into.
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Looking up at Pattison's northwest face.
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Skinning up the Trorey Glacier toward the col.
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Mount Trorey's east face from Pattison. The HeliSki drops are visible at the sticks with orange tape.
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A very short but quite steep 50-degree bootpack is required to gain Pattison South Ridge.
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Topping out on the bootpack.
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Skinning up the fairly shallow South Pattison Ridge.
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The Summit of Pattison. When iced up, it might be easier to bootpack this section, in which case crampons and an ice axe would be good to have.
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Crossing into the face. We opted to drop in a little lower down the face and traverse the 50-degree slope.
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Scoping the line.
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Skiing Pattison's northwest face.
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The terrain is very wide and open, allowing for big turns and easy sluff management. Once you're in the couloir, it's not super steep.
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A second skier dropping in.
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Looking back up at Pattison. The snow on the lens commemorates a fall that cost me a torn MCL.