Got some pics of you to Mr. Hankey. When I figure out how to use this forum on my phone (where the pics are), I'll post them. Hopefully get some more this weekend.
Glad that slide the day before did not turn out worse for you! Thanks for posting.
Printable View
iPhone posting, so no literature. Whatsupdoc and franzklammer in the photos.
Yesterday
Attachment 279192
Attachment 279196
Attachment 279197
Attachment 279198
Today
Attachment 279208
Attachment 279200
Attachment 279201
Attachment 279202
Attachment 279203
Attachment 279204
Attachment 279205
Attachment 279206
Attachment 279207
If you’ve ever wanted to ski this, now is the time. It’s as easy as it gets.
F YEAH!!!
\m/
AKB: +1 on 30 m rope as sufficient for Liberty. A fun line. If Franz is feeling frisky, he can try and ski it on belay :tongue:
Not sure what the anchor setup is up there these days; maybe also bring a long sling or two and a leaver biner.
Love the LPP line!
MrHankey: I feel ya on the tire situation! Ca. 2011 I had six total people and all our overnight crap in my 04 Taco shuttling up Tuttle Creek Road since our homie's Camry didn't make it far LOL. After a sweet shred of Langley, we were rollin down the hill, things felt extra squishy all of a sudden so drunk co-pilot looks out and yells FLAT! Brand spankin' new ATs (sheeeeit), but probably well over payload.
Ottime: I think you are spot on.
With such good ski conditions it was tough to attend bunch of work meetings and get scienced out in Ventura and on the water at Scripps (about as nice of places as you can ask to have to work LOL), but the flowers and trail running were truly all-time. Lots of skiing to do now!
Poppin' on another of the State's rain shadow and tectonically-active regions.
Attachment 279225
damn.
Attachment 279224
Wife and I scored glorious corn above Indy on the drive back from La Jolla. Comparing to photos from before I left, a lot of low elevation snow has melted! Crazy.
Attachment 279217
Old stoke, but worth sharing. A couple weeks ago, we skied the Soda Shaq, previously thought to be imaginary and only had one mandatory surprise ice cliff
Attachment 279221
Just skied a few days on the E side. Pics to come.
Some beta for those who care:
Was able to get to the N side of Emerson via bishop bowl with minimal dirt walking but that won’t last long. Only a few veins of snow leading down from the first moraine that will go quickly.
June Lake loop is fully open.
VA lakes is good to go as far as skiers are concerned. Basically plowed just shy of the end of the road.
Got blocked by snow on Green Creek Rd 4.3 miles from 395. Still looked like a ways to go.
Did Excelsior via the VA lakes-Lundy shuttle. The S facing stuff in Lundy is well covered. Skied all the way to the valley from Burro Lake. The road out had only a small amount of dry walking. If you ever wanted to do this tour now’s the time.
Sent from my iPhone using TGR Forums
Anyone know what access is currently like at McGee Creek?
Somethingclever: I could be wrong, think you’re gonna start close to 395 unless they’ve plowed it recently.
Yesterday: Made my third attempt at Z on Wood and got my third failure. Everything was fine until we got to the summit and the weather immediately turned. Constant 40-50 mph winds, snow, and, the deal breaker, no visibility on the line. So we blindly descended the east face in white nothingness and crusty sastrugi until minimal visibility returned.
Attachment 279476
Attachment 279478
Today: Low expectations, fantastic tour from VA Lakes to Lundy via Excelsior with whatsupdoc and franzklammer.
Attachment 279499
Attachment 279500
Attachment 279501
Attachment 279502
Attachment 279503
Attachment 279504
Attachment 279505
Attachment 279506
Attachment 279507
Attachment 279508
Attachment 279509
Attachment 279510
Attachment 279511
Attachment 279512
Attachment 279514
Yea that's the way it looked going through a few days ago. Should have taken a minute to check to see if they may have plowed
Sent from my VS500PP using TGR Forums mobile app
Whoa! I missed Mr. Hankey's Tinemaha slide experience the first time around. Everyone on this page should read his very excellent write-up.
This is super sobering. I mainly think of wetslides as being slow-moving annoyances that are mostly dangerous where there is exposure or a terrain trap. I wouldn't have expected the kind of slide Mr. Hankey describes, which sounds terrifying, at the time and place it happened. Thanks for the write up, man. It was really well done and illuminating.
skiable coverage to 7750' out of red lake th. found really nice corn and hot pow on solar aspects 4/21. dropped in around 11:45am and didn't encounter any instability beyond small wet sluffs of new snow that fell 4/20.
https://vimeo.com/331806457
https://vimeo.com/331806457
Pics from a few days on the East Side. Day 1 we skied the Zebra Couloir on Mt. Emerson. Found really good pow in the couloir.
Approaching from Bishop Bowl:
Attachment 279595
Skinning:
Attachment 279596
Attachment 279598
Attachment 279597
Attachment 279599
Booting:
Attachment 279600
Attachment 279601
Attachment 279602
Attachment 279613
Day 2 the plan was Pete's Dream on Carson Peak with franzklammer and AKbruin
The line as seen from the car in the morning:
Attachment 279615
franzklammer skinning through the trees down low:
Attachment 279617
AKbruin and franzklammer skinning towards Carson Bowl:
Attachment 279618
AKbruin skinning:
Attachment 279622
franzklammer:
Attachment 279625
Booting:
Attachment 279628
Chilling on the summit ridge:
Attachment 279631
Skiing Pete's Dream:
AKbruin:
Attachment 279632
Attachment 279634
Attachment 279633
franzklammer:
Attachment 279636
Attachment 279637
Attachment 279638
Day 3 we did Mendenhall on Laurel. It was pretty casual in present conditions. No ice, no real crux. The top 3/4 was good corn. Bottom 1/4 was deep, wet mank as the refreeze was pretty poor the night before. Fantastic day.
Sunrise at Convict Lake:
Attachment 279639
franzklammer booting at dawn:
Attachment 279640
Booting:
Attachment 279641
AKbruin on the summit ridge:
Attachment 279642
franzklammer nearing the top:
Attachment 279643
Lots of skiing photos from Mendenhall.
AKbruin:
Attachment 279644
Attachment 279645
Attachment 279646
Attachment 279648
Attachment 279649
Attachment 279650
Attachment 279652
Attachment 279654
Attachment 279656
franzklammer skiing Mendenhall:
Attachment 279658Attachment 279659Attachment 279660Attachment 279662Attachment 279663
The view from the parking lot:
Attachment 279665
Day 4 we attempted the Z couloir on Mt. Wood. We climbed the east face. A storm was brewing by the time we got up to the top. Upon arrival at the entrance the visibility was zero, winds were howling, and it was snowing. We bailed and skied the E face down. The top 2000' was character-building refrozen breakable crust and sastrugi in a whiteout. We actually got some decent turns in the mid elevations.
AKbruin on the skin track:
Attachment 279668
Skinning with Carson Peak in the background:
Attachment 279669
franzklammer skinning on Mt. Wood:
Attachment 279670
franzklammer booting in the sunshine:
Attachment 279671
AKbruin leading the booter:
Attachment 279672
At the top of Z in poor conditions:
Attachment 279674
Walking back to the east face in a whiteout:
Attachment 279675
Winds were howling up on the ridge:
Attachment 279676
No skiing pics as I was just focusing on getting down in 1 piece.
Our last day we did Excelsior via a Virginia Lakes to Lundy car shuttle. Conditions were primo. Surprisingly great shallow pow down from the summit and amazing corn down into Lundy from Burro Lake. The views from Excelsior are stunning. Fantastic day.
Skinning at sunrise:
Attachment 279677
franzklammer and AKbruin enjoying the views:
Attachment 279678
Morning views:
Attachment 279679
Excelsior peaking out above the ridge. We skied the line looker's left from the summit:
Attachment 279680
Akbruin eyeing Virginia Peak:
Attachment 279681
Skinning to Excelsior:
Attachment 279682
Attachment 279683
Attachment 279684
Attachment 279685
Attachment 279686
AKbruin and franzklammer enjoying the views from the summit ridge:
Attachment 279687
Summit:
Attachment 279688
Akbruin dropping in:
Attachment 279689
AKbruin making pow turns:
Attachment 279690
Our turns:
Attachment 279691
franzklammer and AKbruin with the upper bowl of Excelsior behind:
Attachment 279692
Doc, great turns, sounds like great conditions
What day did you ski Emerson?
Sent from my Armor_3 using Tapatalk
AKbruin skiing corn down into Lundy:
Attachment 279693
Attachment 279694
franzklammer skiing some excellent corn:
Attachment 279695
Attachment 279696
Attachment 279697
franzklammer spraying some corn:
Attachment 279698
AKbruin skinning out of Lundy:
Attachment 279699