Hello again. I decided to post some photos from today's outing up to Dexter Creek Falls. The intent was to climb the ice, but John, Kevin, and I got a late start (super bowl party last night) and the sunlight was already getting pretty close to the ice by the time we got to it. The hike was fun however and I feel pretty good about leading the ice pitches in the future. After skiing yesterday and the snow shoeing and snow climbing today, my calves are wicked tight.

On the approach John and I took slightly different routes. I gave a shout-out to him and up his head popped from a nearby drainage. Looked like a turtle. Is that an avalanche shoot I'm climbing up? Hey, once it has slid, it is pretty safe.
Here is the base of the first real pitch of Dexter. Some other day.
The approach/descent. It was a good mountaineering day with some exposure. It took us over an hour from the road. Good stuff.
I kept putting off getting a photo of the whole climb till the end and forgot to get the shot. Here is an ice pitch we went around on the way up. The upper pitch is visible at the top. I'll try to get picture tomorrow from the road.