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"While camped at Job Lake we decided to see if was possible to ascend Obstruction Mountain via a south east approach. I am unaware of any attempts in this regard. Crossing a bridge at the north end of the lake, we (Warren and Jenise Finlay) bushwhacked up to the valley east of and above Job Lake. A short gentle walk through a beautiful alpine valley soon ended in a nasty boulder field. The boulders were 3-4 meters tall and were mostly close enough together that we could hop from boulder to boulder if we chose our route carefully, but occasionally they were too far apart, necessitating either backtracking a little to find a different boulder-top way through, or down climbing from the boulder tops onto the floor and then ascending again onto the boulder tops to continue. Very slow going. We started on the east side of this boulder valley, but we moved to the west side in the hopes of ascending the west side onto a ridge to get out of the boulder field. However, the west side did not appear easily climbed, so we continued to the head of the valley where we searched for the easiest way up. After a bit of searching, we eventually found a narrow but relatively easy 4th class ramp (5 m hig..." — wfinlay • Aug 27, 2014