Petit Vimy


Petit Vimy is the forested peak at the lower left



Heading south for a short distance before turning left towards Petit (photo by Dave)



Brad leads the way down, directly from the summit (photo by Dave)



I took a slightly different route



Nice combination of foliage and blocky rocks. Is it time for another moment?



Yep! The blocky rocks



With Petit







Mostly foliage



Reunited with Dave and Brad



A short but fun glissade (photo by Dave)



Arras in the background. Thankfully the snow here was hard and easy to walk across (photo by Dave).



Brad approaches the summit of Petit (photo by Dave)



View down to the upper reaches of Sofa Creek (photo by Dave)



Brad and Sofa Mountain (photo by Dave)



Losing a little elevation to see some of the precipitous drop down the east side



Summit pano



Only a small section of bulky Sofa Mountain



Hiking down to a lower point for more views



The highest summit of Vimy Ridge and Crypt Peak. Though not obvious, the summit block of Crypt is all bright red argillite - definitely a factor in rendering it my favourite scramble (photo by Dave).



Brad approaches the viewpoint (photo by Dave)



Pre-viewpoint pano



Same as above. Love that streak of red on Sofa - a future exploration trip.



Dave finds the sweet spot..



... to photograph a section of 227 metre Sullivan Falls (photo by Dave)



Looking back to the summit of Petit (photo by Dave)



Pano from the viewpoint



Same as above



Time to go home



  Crypt and Arras (photo by Dave)



It's side-sloping time (photo by Dave)



Dave takes the second position



I take up the rear and get the benefit of Brad and Dave's footsteps in the snow (photo by Dave)



The long stretch of side-sloping now in full view. We are aiming for the point at the far right.



Dave takes the lead



Ice axes were a necessity here. The angle may not look that steep, but a slip could have had serious consequences (photo by Dave).



I took the lead for the last 20 m! (photo by Dave)



Looking back to Petit (photo by Dave)



Onto the rock (photo by Dave)



Grizzly diggings (photo by Dave)



About two-thirds of the way across. The angle of the traverse is well-represented here.



I took the low road here, below the rock band, because I needed a few more "moments". Dave and Brad the high road, above the band (photo by Dave).



The band and that intriguing northwest side of Sofa



Brad above the solid dolostone and limestone rock



Here come more moments















Getting close to the end (photo by Dave)



Second last one



And a super sweet one to end



Looking back at the route you can see the snow slope we crossed and the consequences of an unarrested fall (photo by Dave)



Brad and Dave are almost across



Pano behind



Pano ahead



Brad starts down the switchbacking trail to the basin (photo by Dave)



We were all surprised by the prominence of the trail (photo by Dave)



Dave and Vimy Peak



Sweet photo of some pasqueflowers (photo by Dave)



I was more obsessed with the ant



Back on the Vimy Peak trail. The snow was even better for descent.



It's a delightful hike back and easy on the feet near the end of a long day (photo by Dave)



Much lower down. The clouds here were beautiful and didn't unleash my "scowling, childish, bad attitude" toward cloud cover in general.



Nearing the end of the hiking portion



Back on two wheels and having an e-bike issue that thankfully resolved itself (photo by Dave)



Back across Sofa Creek (photo by Dave)



Even Dave is walking his bike across at this point of the day



Last look over to Petit, Arras, and several others, at the end of a fantastic trip (photo by Dave)

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