Thinking of heading up on Monday and skiing Tuesday. Would be good to hear about the conditions in the next few days.
Hopefully the snow will be a little softer than last week...

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Nice!

30 minute hike to skin-able snow.
Skied down from 9000' at around 11:30am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8uaJGyt3-N0

All the pics: https://brentheffner.smugmug.com/

Nice report mr. hankey! Been there many times. The route finding is comical. Never used a GPS there, just followed my compass up to the 'ridge' from the TH. Only got lost once.
More...

Camping in the parking lot at Lassen is a rite of passage for any backcountry skier.
Heated bathrooms and snow camping - you can't go wrong....

Just got back from Shasta. Pics and videos are up.
Hiked up from the swimming hole on Gravel Creek @ 6900'. Just before the Brewer Creek TH.
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30 min. to skinnable snow in Gravel...

Heading up there today. How far up is the vehicle high point @ Brewer Creek?

Got up on the east side of Shasta yesterday. I drove up the 97 thinking I was going to the Inconstance TH, but the snow looked pretty high up. So I kept driving on Military Pass Rd., past the...

Nice! It's been a few years since I've been on that route. Thanx for the pics! Love that view into Mud Creek Canyon with the waterfall.

I'll never forget dropping 'shrooms and getting the...

Hotlum/Bolum out of North Gate was good on Tuesday.
Really good!
One hour hike to skinnable snow. The suncups were only in the flats heading around the corner to the H/B route.
Skied down from...

Not sure. There is also another route on the lower road heading closer to the east side.
I call it the Inconstance Creek TH.
Head up directly to the North Gate Chutes or take a left line, hugging...

Here is a Google Earth pic with my gps track from last Tuesday.
Followed the trail up (left track) and on up the moraine. Right track is my descent.
The North Gate Chutes can be seen from the...

Ha! That's how the Lemurians role.
I'll be up there on Monday/skiing Tuesday.
Bringing a friend, so not sure how quick we will be...
Should have recognized your van from your post earlier.
Those...

Ah! That was you...Good to meet you! Hope you got some good turns.

To answer your question a little more - Mendocino National Forest is the perfect place to ski in the winter. The snow pack experiences spring-like conditions every few days.
So the risk of...

Changed my mind. Too warm for the Coast Range.
Skied Shasta on Tueday, June 4th. North Gate TH is open. Drifts in the woods just above the trailhead. Hiked up for about an hour to skin-able...

I've been skiing the Mendocino National Forest the past 25 years.
I put up a guide to skiing the Mendo. Nat'l Forest awhile back.
http://earnyourturns.com/3878/ccsp-guide-2-mendocino/
There is a...

I'm usually up at Shasta by now, but the Coast Range is still going off.
One more trip to the Yolla Bolly's then planning to head to Shasta the second week of June.
How far up is the snow line at...

Nice! I used to to get an entire month off for 5 or 6 years, back in the day... Spent it living out of my Jeep on Shasta. So much fun!
First few times with my Willy's Jeep, then the Wrangler. ...

Was the north side corned up or icy with this cool down?

Nice!

Anyone been to Shasta lately? Is it corn season yet?

How did that avy back in Feb. escape everyon's attention...? That's pretty big.
Can't wait for the early summer corn season up there!

Ha! Nice jimw!
Got some POV of your liberating descent?
Wanna see the looks on everyones faces at Lake Helen.

Excellent info Schralp - Thankyou!

Ah, I see, still pretty big. Yeah - that drift is a classic. It drifts in deep right there every year.
So about a mile of hiking.
Perfect - thanx for the info mr. hankey!

Nice work!
How big was that drift where you stopped? Hoping for more info from this weekend.

Skied down around 11:30. Heard from others that went into Avalanche Gulch - super high winds above 9000'.
I was protected in Sun Bowl, but still had very firm conditions.
Anything east facing...

Skied Sunbowl
got some video uploading

https://c1.staticflickr.com/5/4624/40126669801_93be5a6b1d_k.jpg

Just got back from Shasta
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[QUOTE=jorion;5050496]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?

The Gravel...

Was up at the Gravel Creek TH earlier this week.
Didn't check out the Brewer Creek access, but that one snow drift
might be gone by the weekend.
Suncups are not an issue.
The north facing drifts...

Thanx for the report! Heading up tomorrow.
Starting from the Gravel Creek TH/Clitoris Falls Gully.

Snowed way down low.
Should've brought the Jeep.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8FIj_8aHVY

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Parked the truck at about 6000'.
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Yup, parked at Northgate.
Wanted to explore one of the lava flows west of the Northgate Chutes.
The snow didn't connect. Started to cloud up and the winds picked up to 30-40mph.
So, got a short...

Ooops double post

bonus pic instead
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Nice view!

Taken yesterday
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Trip Report:
http://www.backcountrytalk.earnyourturns.com/vb/showthread.php?3104-Shasta-North-Gate-May-23-2017&p=44500&posted=1#post44500

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North Gate is open.
https://www.flickr.com/search/?user_id=11744399%40N08&sort=date-taken-desc&text=shasta%2C%20north%20gate%20May%2023%2C%202017&view_all=1

That is fucking cool!
You gotta teach me how to do that!
I like how only part of your leg shows up.
The Lemurians must have transported the rest of you...

[QUOTE=lazyasian;4834858]Skied up at Brewer Creek today. Snow on the road from about 3mi from the trailhead and impassable 1mi before due to a log across the road and massive washout divot. /QUOTE]
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Pretty suncupped and runnelled out. The snow looked smooth above 12,000'
The last steep section above the end of the snow at 8500' was still smooth.

It was fun.
I should have headed across...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iSbWI0UpvI

We got a view of the Chicago Glacier. The bergschrund is just opening up.
With the full moon next week, I think I'll head back up.
I really like the length of the ski run coming back down from the...

Well - that sucked. Don't get me wrong, we had a great time.
Probably too much of a great time...
Thankfully, it was a cool day.

Went with a friend of mine who is in horrible shape.
And a...

Really good snow conditions.
Videos are uploading.

I think you should head up and report back.

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Mt-Shasta/6day/mid

http://www.shastaavalanche.org/weather/forecasts/current-summitplateau

"Lowered
snow...

Beaver Creek - is that code?
How was it?

I'll be in my kayak all day paddling 27 miles of whitewater on Monday, the 4th.
Let us know what you found.
Planning on heading to Shasta next week...

Just got back from skiing the Chicago Glacier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7huJvoBLnU

Trip Report...