Paul Chephren Zizka and I woke up to mostly clear skies the day after Canada Day at 4 a.m. to climb the NW Ridge of Daly. After a few granola bars and some hot tea we were off for the summit by 4:20 a.m. We had scrambled 300 meters up the evening prior for some picture taking and decided the north summit was a good morning objective if we had some rope and crampons.<p>From the Scott Duncan hut, we walked towards the outhouse and then scrambled up loose rock and scree to gain the northwest ridge. There are a few cairns near the bottom. Move right (SW) when small rock bands block the easily...

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