Mt Francis Farquhar, June 2006

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The group still fresh on Saturday morning

Ascending the trail up Sphinx Creek

View up Bubbs Creek valley

Christie, Natalie and Greg

Resting for lunch

Reaching the snowline by Sphinx Creek

Boulder hopping

JT, Greg, Cindy, Natalie and David

Lower Sphinx Lake, our camp site

Lower Sphinx Lake, with North Guard behind

Lower Sphinx Lake

Looking back down the Sphinx Creek valley at dawn

Sunrise on North Guard

Hiking up the snow towards Mt Francis Farquhar

Snow-filled gully on Mt Francis Farquhar

Climbing the snow-filled gully on Mt Francis Farquhar

Climbing the snow-filled gully on Mt Francis Farquhar

View of North Guard from Mt Francis Farquhar

The group on the summit of Mt Francis Farquhar

The summmit block on Mt Francis Farquhar

The summmit register on Mt Francis Farquhar

Natalie, Cindy and Greg

View of the Sphinx Lakes from the summit of Mt Francis Farquhar

View north-east from the summit of Mt Francis Farquhar

View of North Guard from the summit of Mt Francis Farquhar

Greg at the top of the descent route from the Mt Francis Farquhar ridge

Greg, with reflections

Descending the snow from Mt Francis Farquhar

Mt Francis Farquhar

One of the upper Sphinx Lakes

Sliding down a steep snow slope

One of the Sphinx Lakes

Crossing a river on the way home

Walking home through the forest

Late afternoon in the forest