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First sun on our objective, single cone on the left.
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View done over The Remarkables Ski Area before it got moving for the day. Note Lake Alta where I started this year with a dip frozen and able to be walked across.
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Pat doing the plugging at the base of the route
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Part way up panorama
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Looking out over Wye Creek
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The Remarkables GT is a bit different in Winter
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Queenstown, viewed from the appropriate distance
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It really is a grand traverse
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Summit panorama
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Also the appropriate frame to view Queenstown
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Amazing
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Yeh going to have to do that traverse again...
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Time to ski down, not long after this Pat discovered that his ankle was still quite sore, so walking ended up being the better option.
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Cloud arch!