There were old slides all around us on our way up to Iowa Gulch and we couldn't tell if wind slabs had formed on the ridge above us once we were in Iowa Gulch, so we decided to take a more direct route to the ridge past the Dyer Amphitheater drainage but before the Iowa Gulch drainage instead of sticking to the standard southeast slope route. I will post a picture of the slope we went up along with a couple pics of the ridge itself. Once we got to the ridge it was smooth sailing (except for those wonderful winter winds).
  
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