Gearing up at the Mayflower Gulch Trailhead
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Pacific, Atlantic and Fletcher Peaks from near the trailhead
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Starting up Mayflower Hill
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Pete lugging his skis
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Ascending Mayflower Hill
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Kurt and Fletcher Peak
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Snowfield crossing
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Looking for a campsite
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Campsite found
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Jacque Peak at sunrise
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Sunrise on Mt Holy Cross
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Starting off
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Traversing around Pacific Pk
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Lots of loose rock
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Entering the sunlight
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Nearing the Pacific-Crystal saddle
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First look at our objective
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Pete and the couloir
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Gearing up
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Mohawk Lakes basin
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Kurt descending
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Approaching the couloir
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Resting at the base of the couloir
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Starting up
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Roping up
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Kurt and Pete starting out
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Rope team 2: me, Diana and Steve
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Following rope team 1
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Looking back down the route
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Nearing the top
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Topping out
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Kurt belaying
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Ready to scramble to the summit
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Atlantic Pk and the "Pretty Broad"
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Scrambling to the summit
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Hero shot
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Taking in the view
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Picking our way down the loose rocks
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Descending from Pacific
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Pacific and "Mediterranean"
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Relaxing on Atlantic's summit
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Getting ready to descend
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Starting down Atlantic's west ridge
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Descending on snow
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Trying to reach the "Pretty Broad"
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Loose rock in the way
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Skiers between a pair of glissade tracks
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Nearing camp
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Descending Pacific Creek
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Taking off snowshoes, Pacific in the background
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Working our way back to Mayflower Gulch
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Diana caught mid-step
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Nearing the evil willows
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Bushwhacking through willows
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Fighting through
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Mayflower Gulch
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Walking the road back
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