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TheJman
Trad climber
Bozeman, MT
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Topic Author's Original Post - Apr 26, 2005 - 04:22pm PT
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I know the precip has been copious in many areas this winter. I am leaving the states for the summer and would love to make it into the Sierras before I go. I dont mind hiking/skinning through snow with a sled. What options are possible in the Sierras? Could any of the roads be plowed in the next few weeks?
thanks,
Josh
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10b4me
Trad climber
On that V2 problem at the Happies
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Apr 26, 2005 - 06:30pm PT
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what are you looking to do?
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poop_tube
Trad climber
Irvine, CA
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Apr 26, 2005 - 07:12pm PT
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Jman, I hope you don't mind me asking this on your thread...But I heard some of the best ice climbing in the Sierras are in the late summer. Could someone fill me in on the details here? Maybe email me some info?
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Spinmaster K-Rove
Trad climber
Stuck Under the Kor Roof
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Apr 27, 2005 - 02:05pm PT
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I very much doubt anything in the Sierra proper will be accessible due to the huge snowfall this winter. Lots of sport climbing and bouldering will be accessible on the East Side. Maybe Cardinal Pinnacle or something like that, but plowing is just getting going this time of year.
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10b4me
Trad climber
On that V2 problem at the Happies
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Apr 27, 2005 - 02:30pm PT
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Jman, I hope you don't mind me asking this on your thread...But I heard some of the best ice climbing in the Sierras are in the late summer. Could someone fill me in on the details here? Maybe email me some info?
sorry for the hijack, but since you asked: the Feather Peak couloir, couloirs on Mts Thompson, Gilbert,Dana, Red Slate, Red and White, Mendel, and North Peak. a varitable plethora of routes.
very much doubt anything in the Sierra proper will be accessible due to the huge snowfall this winter. Lots of sport climbing and bouldering will be accessible on the East Side. Maybe Cardinal Pinnacle or something like that, but plowing is just getting going this time of year.
plowing just started on Tioga Pass. no estimate as to when the pass will open.
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poop_tube
Trad climber
Irvine, CA
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10b4me, can I get touch with you on beta on these routes?
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mark miller
Social climber
Reno
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A freind on Search and rescue recently help out the boys down near the ditch and one of them said they were hoping to get Tioga open about the 3rd week of June. My partners and I all agree we're about 5 to 6 weeks behind usual for snow melt. Good for the water table and there's enough stuff to climb, you just have to drive a little farther.
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John Vawter
Social climber
San Diego
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poop,
You can occasionally find up to date info on the gullies here:
http://www.summitpost.org/show/mountain_query.pl/continent/All/sort_by/Alphabetical/state/California
Try these: Mt. Abbot, Bloody Mtn., Checkered Demon, Mt. Dana, Mt. Darwin, Feather Peak, Mt. Gilbert, Mt. Mendel, North Palisade, North Peak, Polemonium Pk., Red Slate Mtn., Split Mtn., Mt. Thompson.
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