Very Nice What'supdoc! great TR/pictures as always :)

Great that you got out Jorion. I quit skiing for 6 years after my kids were born :(
Holy crap, that slide on Mono jim is...

Hi Chill, We skied out of big pine on 4/20. We skinned from the winter closure ~2 miles out, but on the way back, they had already cleared 0.25-0.5 miles of the road. I'd assume the road is snow free...

Thanks folks.
Chill, we should get the old guy band back together anyway :) If you still have my cell just text me before you go. I don't have firm plans but the hope is to split my time between...

Some pics/road beta from the last couple of days. some of it is a repeat of What'supdoc's great beta, but it's a cut and paste from my post to the FB group. Sorry for the long post but i'm on...

For sure Rod. I'm on sabbatical this year so i'll be down there a lot in April/May, so ping me when you're back to the states. It's gonna be awesome :)

Sunday 2/19:
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This thread has the highest picture to word ratio by far. The way it aught to be :)
Thanks Frush, Whatsupdoc and others for the great pics, TR's and beta. Should be a great spring season.:D

We started at the summit snow park right on Hwy 140. I'd think in 3 weeks the south side would see the skiable snow pack move up to 7000ft (just a guess). The problem with Mcloughlin is that in the...

Rangers gave an update after I posted:
https://www.shastaavalanche.org/climbing-route-trailhead-conditions/trailhead-access-update-2
"Brewer Creek: 2.8 miles to trailhead. Small snow patch,...

McLoughlin Tuesday 5/17: Almost perfect conditions. Really smooth corn pretty much for the entire 3000+ft S side avy path. We walked to about 5450ft on the hiking trail before skinning to the avy...

Hi Tex!
As of Monday, you walk to horse camp all on foot and can skin from there. by the time most folks read this, you'll walk on that side to almost 9000 ft, I'd guess. The side towards Green...

Dude, we've seen your pictures. You're a rad skier :)
There's an out of town Maggot down there now that was looking for partners this week. I'll tell him to look at your post.

Thanks folks. And thanks again to Frush and others for all of their shots. Hopefully the latest refresh today will extend things a bit and we'll see some great from you guys when you hit it late...

Pics and conditions from Friday 3/25:

Saddle bag lake/Conness/North peak/Dana coverage:
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I'd have to think they'll open it up to the lake in a week or two. Even though fishmas is 5...

Nice Frorider, Weavin! (is that Grand Central? how long of a walk until you're skiing?)

Rod, I think there will still be skiing on the East side late april, but if there isn't a significant dump,...

This is still my favorite thread. Thanks to Frush and others for keeping it alive.

East side pics from last weekend (3/12), showing the snowline/coverage.
Lundy - Gate was closed until Monday...

Beautiful pic Lepistoir!
"22 Blue" - I like it. Thx for starting it off Powdork. Great early season stoke pics too. :)

Good close up vid of Sierra damage if you haven't seen (from 3 days ago): ...

updated evac/warning maps from this morning. More of S. lake in Red.
https://www.facebook.com/CALFIREAEU/photos/pcb.871061936866973/871061036867063/
Edit - removed Inciweb map, since Calfire's map...

So sad to see this. Praying all in SLT and elsewhere in this things path stay safe and houses aren't affected.
So troubling that around dinner time this thing was near the Leap/Camp Sac, and now a...

Nice job & great pics thefortrees!


JimW is good people indeed. Usually not seen this far north, native habitat is the East entrance of Yosemite and occasionally Shasta 😊 Sometimes photographed...

Yeah, I haven't done the .png thing, but I typically do the cropping thing that river59 suggests and that "usually" works. And posting on FB, to make sure pano's stay as a picture and not a 360...

some pics from my PNW volcano tour so far. Given the low tide in CA this year, us Californians gotta head north to get the goods. So far, the PNW has delivered!

Mt. Adams from Wed 5/12:...

Good stuff again doc!

That's a pretty big tour what'supdoc. Just read it and followed it on the topo while reading. Great stuff as always. That summit pano with the clouds (black giant if I remember right) is a beauty. ...

Outstanding work and great TR Jorion! Great way to end your east side season :)

Thank you !
Also, fantastic pics norseman :)

Gimpy, here's the pic. Courtesy of Jin Joo's FB:...

Awesome pic River59 :)
how many miles out from the TH is the road now?

Might be doing a volcano tour up through OR, WA, in a couple of weeks (mid may).
What do folks think will be in good...

Awesome Hulk vid Jorion! looks like you had great powder :)

on 120 opening - great to see, but i saw a pic from a couple weeks ago looking at Solstice from the Plateau. looked doable but more than...

Great Vid TahoeBC!

Gonna be interesting to see what happens with this Monday storm system for Tahoe, East side, Shasta, etc. :)

awesome post JsonP!

Scary stuff man. I don't mind being alone in the wilderness much, but seeing those tracks freaked me out. Didn't have bear spray, but my natural body odor would hopefully suffice as a repellent (my...

Pics/conditions from McLoughlin (~2.5h north of Shasta) 4/13:
Coverage is excellent: consistent snow down to ~5300ft. Below that the trail itself is mostly snow covered with some on/off to TH at...

LOL. Sorry, i'm horrible with names and didn't bother to check the right spelling :)

Yep, McLoughlin was awesome yesterday. Will post some pics later, but it's good and will probably be for a...

Wow AKB, I think that's the most impressive thing i've seen on this board. To be able to physically do it, the skills to climb it, the skills to ski it - most adults are lucky to have one or two of...

chill, friends did it this weekend. said n side was windboard up high, but corn skiing from the apron down to the car at devastated area.

wobby, a couple from today. There were even better pics...

Thank you :)

Some pics from Gibbs from last saturday (4/3):


Gibbs: road is permanently blocked at ~7500ft. We were able to ski down to ~8200ft, which is 2+ miles walk to the car with willowy fun involved...

nice, Powdork, Boulderbreak!

What's the snow line at twin lakes right now? how deep is the snow, etc?

Rangers were saying that the North and East side routes might show ice early on this year due to the wind scouring. Hoping that H/W will be spared that fate when i go in May.
I might be heading up...

Wow, just catching up on this thread. Great to see it coming alive!

Doc, another great TR! Really descriptive and great pics as always. You could legit publish a book with your best photo’s. And...

Thanks everyone for the many great weather site links! Love the Apr fools stuff :)

Update on road status today: https://monocounty.ca.gov/roads/page/county-road-closures?fbclid=IwAR0UCkNI5EYRQhh_6t6jSKJP7ZKUwYWj-fgTfo0MtoK0Nf7QHtW8R-0PCOM

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Wow, that's awsome! Thx :)

Great vid peter. Mine are older and still doing green/blue's. I gotta take them more often!

What's up with the weather forecast? No BA update in 2 days and NOAA seems to be down? What's the next...

Great pics Jorion. Is manzanita/coverage starting to become a problem yet down low?
Can't wait for the video, 666 :)
Yikes 213, the BC chute looks thin/narrow this year! Thx for the weather...

Couldn't agree more. This time of year when this thread springs back to life... It's like our "fishmas" :)
Great stuff AK/Doc as always. That N side on Wood - big exposure, especially skiing over...

Forgot to add - cool vid MTT. I love every turn of that road, especially when the mountains are covered in snow in the Spring. Each area, new mountains coming into view. The Mountains, the hot...

Thanks HJ5! Ageed- some of the fun in the BC is the "Mixed bag/unknown factor fun" :)

Great pics Gimpy! killing it this year again. Looks like you experienced some of the "unknown factor fun" :)

Nice enlosandes! That pizza looks good, I may have to take you up on that offer :) Saw tracks on Wood on my drive home Saturday. Did you ski that on Friday or Sat? Got pretty warm on Saturday - how...