On the second decent summer day this year, we joined the hordes at Yam for the classic east to west traverse. Starting soon after 9.30am we stopped on the east ridge before starting some ridge scrambling in shallow snow.


East ridge of Yam: Janet, Philip, John, Bill, Arnold and on right David

East Ridge of Yam

East ridge of Yam towards Calgary

Fortunately the crux cable traverse was dry and following more grunting we made the summit about 12.30pm for a windless lunch with good views.


Crux cable on Yam east ridge:Yoko holds cable, Arnold descends amd Nancy continues easily to camera

Yam summit: blue hat Philip, cap John while Bill catches rays on his back

With further breaks, we ran down the dusty scree and walked the slanting trail back to the cars by 3.45pm.


Break on West ridge of Yam: l-r Susan, Bill, Yoko, David in shorts, John, Bill, hidden Arnold and Nancy

Yam SW face above final fun scree

A good outing in warm weather and the excellent company of: Susan, Bill, Yoko, John, Philip, Rosanne, Damian, Arnold, photos Peter, Bill, Nancy, Janet and c&s David.

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