Well then, OKAY

I haven’t seen any recent Shasta info. Any chance the snow a few weeks ago covered up the penitentes?

I’m sure coverage and rockfall still suck, but I’d ski the south side if the upper mountain...

I guess we all could’ve had a mini at the chalet parking lot haha.

Can confirm Lassen was fun this weekend.

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The December 11th PWL exists in the Lassen area as well. Schralph posted this link upthread:
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Damn, that’s gnarly, thanks for that. I’m not sure how we didn’t spot a slide that big yesterday on the way up. Not planning to ski it, we didn’t give that bowl more than a few glances, but seems...

If you were wondering if it’s an optimal time to ski the proper peak, the answer is, not really haha! Probably would’ve been helpful to have parked the shuttle car at loomis in daylight to check out...

Heading back that way tomorrow to ski Saturday. Say hello if you see a dude in brown pants and orange boots.

Fun couple of days meadow-skipping and mini-golfing in the Park.

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A couple friends and I skied the hotlum wintun route yesterday. Parking is still a little ways out (the trailhead proper is covered in two to three feet of snow still!) but the skiing is prime.

We...

Yeah, driving to the devastated area parking and climbing the north side is the standard approach until the road to the south is open, which probably won’t be for a while. The route is about 4 miles...

Jesus, that is a sexy photo.

I stubbornly skied on Shasta with high winds once and it ended poorly. As much as I’d like to ski Shasta during this high pressure cycle, the prospect of potentially driving five hours only to have...

We were feeling better than we expected and did it in 8 hours with an hour or so of extra rest. (we didn't want to top out too early and have to sit around in 40 mph winds for a few hours at the...

Lassen coverage:

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The Hotlum Wintun Ridge was glorious today. I was pretty shocked by how good conditions were.

The road is now open to the Brewer Creek trailhead, although it was just barely passable in my old...

NE face of Lassen skied great yesterday. It's definitely holding up way better than Eastside stuff at much higher elevations. It would have been a little bit better at noon, but it was just a little...

Thanks for that! Super comprehensive. I'm curious to check that area out, but I don't have glacier travel training or ropes so I wouldn't want to go too high from there.

What's the advantage of Gravel Creek vs Brewer Creek? Do you take the Hotlum Wintun Ridge route from there or take the Hotlum Glacier route? Or something else?

I was up there exactly a year ago...

Such a crazy blend of rock and snow. What line is that?

A friend and I were also up on that side of the mountain this weekend. Hiking up to 8700' at which point we put on skins and the snow connected all the way up. Camped at 10,200'. The wind was pretty...

Lassen was skiing really well yesterday. We hiked up from the south parking and skied the NE face down to the Devastated Area, dropping at around 12:30. On the way up, everybody skiing the SE face...

My buddy and I are planning on going to Lassen on Sunday as well. We're mediocre skiers but at least fit and strong for flatlanders. We'd be happy to get in on a car shuttle.