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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 10:48pm PT
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I rode my bike up to the Yosemite park entrance today. Lee Vining is looking thin.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 11:47pm PT
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Yep the road is pretty clear, one lap with the snowplow and it'd be clear. Just a few rocks and a couple patches of snow. Caltrans is lazy and sucks.
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emunsing
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Cascade Falls has blown out as of February 2ns- probably due to the high volume of rain water and melt from the last storm in Tahoe. Climber's left is still doable, but the right and center of the main falls are just a waterfall. To the climber's far left, the other set of falls is now coming in, and makes for some shorter, but nice, climbing. Expect to cross open water on the approach to either fall; things may have settled down (and frozen) later in the week.
Lots of drippy snow may mean that the Eagle Creek climbs will be on their way in, though...
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Floyd Hayes
Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
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Any projections on road conditions and ice conditions at Cascade Falls on Friday the 7th?
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NMR
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Bump for current Tahoe conditions? What is the current weather system doing up there?
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Floyd Hayes
Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
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Another bump for current ice and road conditions at South Lake Tahoe.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Light snow / rain at lake level.
Cascade falls was shitty yesterday. The left line was still there, but in bad shape. The middle is a waterfall (that isn't frozen).
I'm sure 89 will close after this storm comes.
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Floyd Hayes
Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
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Hey, thanks for the update, much appreciated! We'll cancel our trip.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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No worries. Good skiing this weekend though.
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Facelyss
Mountain climber
California
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The ice last weekend at Lee Vining was good. About the same as it has been all year. Chouinard's was the best ice and the center line on the Main Wall barely touched down and thin. Nothing new or all that notable, but the approach was absolutely brutal with the little bit of fresh snow. Hopefully it dumps a whole lot more this weekend so a proper boot pack can be made without so much talus scrambling.
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Bryan Estelle
climber
Escondido
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Thanks for the updates. I will be travelling all the way from San Diego and my partner from Redding, CA.; so, we appreciate - very much - the updates!
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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If this gets a little fatter I might have to sneak in for a quick secret so cal lap.
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Feb 15, 2014 - 10:46pm PT
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Recent pics of Ice on the Eastside
Lee Vining, Caveman, WI 5,
Lee Vining, Comrade Corner, WI 4
June Lake Roadside, Doug Nidever, Doug Robinson, Dave Miller
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Feb 23, 2014 - 12:10pm PT
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The ice in Lee Vining is still very good, somewhat amazing given the temps on the Eastside in recent weeks.
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Mark Not-circlehead
climber
Martinez, CA
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Anybody know how low the snow line is on the hwy? I gotta go up to park line (don't ask, long story), and wondering how far I will be walking up a dry road before I can ski. Hoping it's below Ellery lake at least.
Anybody been to the gate/ or up the canyon in the last few days?
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emunsing
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Any updates on ice in Tahoe? There's been a lot of precipitation; are things fat or blown out? I'm specifically thinking Eagle Creek Canyon and Lake Audrain...
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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It has been very warm in Tahoe. I haven't been up eagle creek canyon in awhile, but I drove by cascade lake today to look at the falls, and from the road it looked like they were just flowing and not frozen at all.
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Bryan Estelle
climber
Escondido
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As of Friday, Chouinard Falls is still in but the "Main Falls" are not at all.
Take snow shoes for the approach if possible.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Mar 17, 2014 - 11:19am PT
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Ice is still up there!!
We were there on Saturday (3/15). The approach had plenty of snow and packed well. We started the approach at 6:30a and the temp was 23 degrees so the track was well frozen.
I only post holed once on the way down to the truck when it was about 75 degrees....hot..
Main wall had ice in the center from top to bottom. Chouinard Falls had some "good" ice. The Tree Route and the rest to its right were bare.
Go get it!
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