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Another right-facing dihedral just right of the ridge crest. <br> The route continues past the right side of that blade on the skyline.
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This is halfway up the final pitch. OK, I didn't have a rope, but it's still the final pitch (5.7 or so).
Looking down the finger and hand crack, visible in the previous photo. Snowbank Lake is at top, left.
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Richard Rossiter
Aug 18, 2013
“Another right-facing dihedral just right of the ridge crest.
The route continues past the right side of that blade on the skyline.”  

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P3 On the first ascent.
P1 on the first ascent.
P2 on the first ascent.
The route ascends the obvious arete, highlighted by sun and shadow, that leads to a point just right of the summit.
Brad and I at the start of the ledge that we walked across, to the right, to access the right hand edge of the ridge. We named this ledge "A Walk on the Wild Side."
The "Warbonnet Ridge," Grade III 5.7. The red dots indicate the route and the yellow Xs indicate belay stances. In the upper section of the ridge, we unroped and soloed until the last 100 ft headwall just before attaining the
P7 has a couple of 5.7 moves.
Looking up at Brad on P5.
P4 on the first ascent.
The Warbonnet Ridge on the SW face of Chiefshead.
The red line is the South Spur route.
This is halfway up the final pitch. OK, I didn't have a rope, but it's still the final pitch (5.7 or so).