Descent: From summit make your way to the saddle (pictured). Then the trail crosses the slabs as shown.

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Descent: From summit make your way to the saddle (pictured). Then the trail crosses the slabs as shown.

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Descent / 4th class west side of Cathedral. Traverse all the way to the Eichorn notch, then back.

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“Descent: From summit make your way to the saddle (pictured). Then the trail crosses the slabs as shown.”

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