Stepping onto amazing natural quartzite ledges

Onto the long scree slope towards Abbot Pass

Looking up to the pass

Glacier Peak in the background

High above Oesa with the pointy Mt. Biddle behind

More hikers & climbers below

A neat snow arete leads to one of the only flat rest spots

Getting closer

On the home stretch

At last the Abbot Pass and Hut

Canada's highest national historic site, built in 1922

Looking up towards the south summit of Victoria behind the hut

The West face of Mt. Lefroy in good climbing condition

Morning views to the south

Looking north towards the Lake Louise group

Upper Victoria Glacier and Mt. Collier

Heading down from the Pass

Looking down into the Death Trap

The morning fog gives it an eerie feeling

Crossing a bridged crevasse

Using the rope to cross safely

Catching our breath after hustling through the "Trap"

A huge rock face on Victoria below the seracs

Amazing morning light

Massive walls off Lefroy

Lake Louise comes into view!