After climbing up a steep hill through the trees, the East Opabin Trail emerges into an open alpine meadow.  Wiwaxy Peak is still visible in the center.  Perhaps I was obsessing, but I found it hard to take my eyes off of it.  The climb we wanted to do (Grassi Ridge) follows the left skyline of the peak (although the lower portion is hidden behind a closer buttress in this photo).  Though we were reasonably confident that we could find our way up the route, we really weren't sure where the descent route was.
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