Vantage NE Face

9th March 2008

 

Formation Skinning

Senja

Nearing the summit

Approaching the Vantage - Matier col

Bootpacking up the Vantage Ridge

Ziff, Jonathanand Matt

 

First it is there...

Then it isn't

 

Matt and Steve doing a little cornice cutting.

The aftermath

Very Pretty if you are not in them

Runout

Looking back

Avalanches have a very scary beauty.

From the bottom the cliffs are a bit more apparent. If anyone was caught coming off the peak they would have been swept off the cliffs at the right.

The NE face of Vantage from the top of Shady Acres.