Morning comes, still socked in. Reports from the previous day were that the cloud stopped at the divide. We decide to climb up and over Sahale Peak (8680 feet) and get a good view of the world, and see what it looks like from there. A guided party would be doing the same, and Ram had been this way several times before, so we thought that despite the whiteout, we could navigate our way up the glacier without falling into a "gaper".

Packing up in the morning.

All packed up, ready to head up into the whiteout.

up and up and up...

On occasion, it threatens to clear.

(captions are hard, when there is nothing to see...)

I really like this pic by Ram.

Perfect snow conditions for booting.

The guide and guest were ahead of us, but they stopped to do some crevasse rescue training, so we were relying on Ram's memory (and occasional glimpses) to find the route.

Rocks above us, maybe even Sharkfin Tower, which we had hoped to try the previous day.