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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Ryan Evans
climber
Kings Beach
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Crag peak would be a long day to skin all that gear out there. It has formed up the past two seasons. slog < powder skiing. No first hand reports but i hear its good.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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DaveT climbing WITHOUT TOOLS on overhanging ice!!! That's rad!!! :)
Me on the other hand internet-wanking at work, on a Saturday!!! WTF!!
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emunsing
Sport climber
Boston, MA
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Anyone been out to check out Tahoe ice since the snowstorm? Eagle Creek Canyon, Cascade Falls, Lover's Leap, Lake Audrain? This weather seems perfect for ice; I'd love to get an update from the locals (at least, any locals who aren't out skiing).
Dave T, is that photo from current conditions in Lee Vining? Hope the downclimb to the tools went well...
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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Yes, that was a current pic. Actually, Kia took the photo, and the climber is Preston.
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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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took the *tilted* photo
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Tilting is awesome. Hope no one notices the road UP to Tioga pass is going down :/
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Highway 89 (to Emerald Bay) is currently closed due to snow. Not sure when it will get back open.
It's sunny enough today to be melting the snow left on the roads and getting cold at night, so my guess is things are forming. The icicles on my house are growing at a rapid clip.
Fallen Leaf road was open until this snow, guessing it's closed as 18-30" fell across the Tahoe area on Friday night. That sounds like a lot of snow but not enough to get most of the BC poppin' nor a whole lot more terrain open at the resorts. We need at least another storm like that on top of what we have, then we're good or at least better, imho. There are some spots that have enough for earning turns but sharks are certainly lurking.
Right now the XC skiing is excellent on existing trails/fire roads, so if you come up, bring your skinny skis and get your cardio on.
Things could be better by the weekend with temps up into the low 40s with sun and with new snow there is actually material for climbs to form, something that was missing in a lot of places before this past storm. Will have to wait and see when 89 opens. When I get a chance I plan to sneak out to a couple ice bouldering spots I know of to see how things have changed the past few days.
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Riley McDonald
climber
CA
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Dec 12, 2013 - 02:43am PT
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Did some mixed climbing on the watchtower in Sequoia today. Barely any ice, but it's starting to freeze up:
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ruppell
climber
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Dec 12, 2013 - 02:51am PT
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WI3 as NEWSWORTHY?
Only on the left coast. lol Go East boys go east
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Dec 19, 2013 - 02:07am PT
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nice to hear. gotta get out there this winter. the approach is sort of long I guess eh? In CA it is hard to find a partner to climb outside of Lee Vining and not on top rope, but now I have to find someone who wants to break trail...will be a difficult road to Crag peak! lol
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Dec 19, 2013 - 02:25am PT
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^i live near there and am up for adventure. no ice tools though :(
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 19, 2013 - 02:57am PT
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hey there say, mrtropy... wow, thanks for the calif ice thread for this year!! i like to learn, etc...
lots of shares, here...
thank you!
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Dec 19, 2013 - 09:50am PT
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Crag peak requires a real maritime snowpack .Wet drippy stuff
Not Canada fluff which is what we have now
The route Black Abyss is what forms
Can be viewed from the summits of the Rubicon crest.
Best climbed in early march
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 19, 2013 - 10:18am PT
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Roadside ice at June Lake, last weekend.
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Dec 19, 2013 - 12:56pm PT
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 19, 2013 - 12:59pm PT
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Nice to see that Horsetail is in shape
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 19, 2013 - 09:19pm PT
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Thanks for the info. Looked better than that.
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