So we kept hiking:
And hiking:
We eventually made it to Chilly Peak and then had to deal with an intimidating downclimb. We had to cross a scary cornice and I was never comfortable with hiking down (probably because I can see way too much):
View of the downclimb from the bottom:
Our next reward was a great view of our goal. This is the south-east face - we skied the north face, but this face does get skied. It is very steep and clearly very slide prone:
We also took in a great view of the salt lake:
We continued to make our way across the ridge to the base of Ben Lomond face:
