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Note for August 12, 04: - We left the trailhead at 10:00pm the previous day by headlamps and bivied around 12:00. We didn't start hiking the next day till about 11:00am which was nice except for the heat. The approach is one of the best parts about this climb and you pass through Sherbrooke Lake, a waterfall and finally the alpine meadows below Mt. Niles. The scrambling is mostly unrelenting scree except for the summit ridge which is exposed. On the return we came about 50ft to a black bear, who was not agressive at all.
Dates Summited - Aug 12, 2004
Elevation - 3152m
Elevation Gain - 1530m
Location - Field
Good place to cool off and get some water
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The alpine meadows below Mount Niles
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Even better place to cool off and get some water
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Looking back to Sherbrooke Lake and the highway which lies in the valley behind the lake. Taken about half way up the route.
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Mount Niles from the summit
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The Louise group
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Stirling on the summit
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The ridge which connects the two summits. The true summit is 20 mins past the first summit. This is looking back to the first summit.
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Looking down to the glacier and summit cliffs. This rock looks really loose.
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Colin making his way down the rockband in the middle of the slope
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Moss
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