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Fred Batliner with Howser Towers behind - on a very chilly, but wonderful, day.
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West Ridge, Pigeon Spire<br> contour interval : 100 feet<br> <br> Blue - Bugaboo-Snowpatch Approach<br> Yellow - Rock climbing section to summit
slabs leading around to the main summit. You should head for the big gap in the wall seen in the photo. Guidebooks call it Icy ledges and you do encounter some snow and or ice but nothing too significant
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Chris Owen
Nov 22, 2006
“Fred Batliner with Howser Towers behind - on a very chilly, but wonderful, day.”  

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