This is just a brief write-up of a big day on Mt Rae, as Blogger's instabilities led to me losing the entire post previously. Mark Nelson and I headed up to Mt Rae (10,555 ft) for an afternoon scramble. It was a great outing, although I did get pretty worried when attempting to climb some gravel-strewn slabs near the summit ridge, with the Rae Glacier a very long way below. The summit was pleasingly sharp, and descending it was easy to pick a better, more solid line down to the approach trail.
The main incident of the day was an encounter with a large grizzly in the valley below. We had no option in our route, as the valley is steep-sided and backed by Mt Rae, so we stepped off the trail....and sighed with relief as the bear passed us by.I posted a good number of pictures of this trip here. Picasaweb has yet to delete the album, so I suppose that's something!
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