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Sunrise on August 26, 2017 near the summit of Olympus looking back across the range.
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View from Snow Dome up towards the Summit. In early season you can go straight up the steep snow while in later season (shown) a large bergschrund forms and forces you to traverse around (left)
Preparing to climb the summit block. Photo by Stephanie Turner with permission.
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Vikram Sahney
Aug 28, 2017
“Sunrise on August 26, 2017 near the summit of Olympus looking back across the range.”  

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View from near the summit looking back to Snow Dome and the weather station
Chris starting up the alternative route on the west side of the summit block (still not a 4th class way to the top)
View from Snow Dome up towards the Summit. In early season you can go straight up the steep snow while in later season (shown) a large bergschrund forms and forces you to traverse around (left)
Sunrise on August 26, 2017 near the summit of Olympus looking back across the range.
Preparing to climb the summit block. Photo by Stephanie Turner with permission.