Mt. Bryce - NE Ridge attempt

 

Steve's Subi on the Rice Brook road. 
This road is slowly falling into Rice Brook.

Steve wading across Rice Brook.
It was much higher on our hike out the next day. 

Super hot day on our approach up Rice Brook. 

Steve is looking energetic and chipper. 
Watchman Peak visible in the distance.

Watchman Peak

Working around ice steps on the lower glacier as we ascended.

Our bivy site between the two glaciers, at about 2200m.

Approximate route.
Steve's car parking in Rice Brook (blue dot).
Red line is approach on Aug. 8.
Orange dot is our bivy spot.
Orange line is our short journey on Aug. 9, back out via red line.

Pre dawn light on Watchman Peak.

Super clear morning as we ascended to the 2800 col.

The southern high point of the NE Ridge.
We assumed we should climb the snow/ice patch?

View to Snowdome from the 2800m col.

The beautiful North-East Ridge of Mt. Bryce

The 2850m bump we ascended to enjoy the views. 

Columbia Icefield with Snowdome in the back centre horizon.

The twins.
South Twin (left) and North Twin (right)

Mt. Columbia looking grand.

Steve on our descent of the upper glacier on the east aspect.
On camp is visible, red tent, in the gravel flats to skier's left of the lower
glacier toe.