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Day 2   5.25

We decided to have a layover day at Pitchler's and spend the day exploring the West Branch.  We climbed two peaks while on a stellar tour of the valley.  It is definitely a place we all fell in love with and already the gears are turning in coming up with ways to get back there.

 

Fog rolling up the Eklutna Valley

Traveling in the fog

Busting out of the fog

Looking back at the fog

The West Branch

Tony, Becky and Sunlight

Heading up next to Sunlight

The face that we climbed on Sunlight

Ditching the skis

Looking through my legs

Looking back

A quick picture mid-climb. We roped up for a few hundred feet of thin snow over rock. It was just right mix of steep and scary.

Nearing the top looking back down

Tony coming up

The summit of Sunlight

Peril Peak from Sunlight

Dorkin' out on the summit

Goodies in the register

The crew on Sunlight

Becky led us down protecting the route excellently

Looking back at our route

Our route

Our route again

Tony, Sunlight, and our turns

Heading up Moonlight

Climbing Moonlight

Big cornice on Moonlight

On the summit of Moonlight ... at 3:30pm (a bit later then we would have liked to be there; things were getting soft).

The lovebirds on Moonlight

Group shot on Moonlight

Transcendence Pass

Tony led us down Moonlight. He pro was bomber!

Turn on Moonlight

Our route on Moonlight

Slogging (not really) back to Pitchler's in the late afternoon heat

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