Much of the lower portion of Shoestring Gully is a straightforward snow slog. There was a half-foot or so of hard snow covering ice, interspersed with much rock over which to scrumble⁸. Pretty easy going for the most part. Here, Brian gets his slog on.

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⁸A frequently inelegant mixture of slogging, scrambling, climbing, grovelling, and hopefully no tumbling. I practice this brand of alpine progression/regression frequently, sadly. ©, me.