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05-19-2022, 11:21 AM
Thread: Lassen / Shasta Conditions Anyone?
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Rangers gave an update after I posted: ...
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,... -
05-18-2022, 12:41 PM
Thread: Lassen / Shasta Conditions Anyone?
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Hi Tex! As of Monday, you walk to horse camp...
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... -
04-15-2021, 11:49 AM
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Scary stuff man. I don't mind being alone in the...
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...
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04-15-2021, 12:46 AM
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Pics/conditions from McLoughlin (~2.5h north of...
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... -
04-14-2021, 01:38 PM
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LOL. Sorry, i'm horrible with names and didn't...
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... -
04-12-2021, 07:53 PM
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chill, friends did it this weekend. said n side...
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... -
04-07-2021, 11:47 AM
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Rangers were saying that the North and East side...
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.
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03-22-2021, 04:52 PM
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Nice Bob! Looks like Lassen was the place to be...
Nice Bob! Looks like Lassen was the place to be this weekend :)
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02-22-2021, 12:27 AM
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Some pics from shasta this weekend. Seems like...
Some pics from shasta this weekend. Seems like maybe 3-4ft at bunny, which is kinda low for this time of the year. Lots of wind scouring up high with exposed places pretty bony. 1 day after the storm...
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06-18-2019, 01:52 AM
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Cool Jim. hope to see pics soon :) Here's some...
Cool Jim. hope to see pics soon :)
Here's some pics from sunday 6/16. probably too many pics, but I got lazy and couldn't decide (sorry, f*cking burst mode takes too many pics to go through on my... -
06-17-2019, 11:49 PM
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Gimpy, I believe JimW was planning on doing...
Gimpy, I believe JimW was planning on doing Diller today, you could PM him. Else I'm sure he's watchin' the thread... Jim?
AKBruin, super awesome kid stoke. 12! Can't believe a kid her age can... -
06-17-2019, 09:42 AM
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Gimpy - correct. Angels wings(my memory sux now...
Gimpy - correct. Angels wings(my memory sux now :). Yeah, i see your point about doing a route that usually doesn't come into shape. this is one of the years to do it. let us know how it goes.
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06-13-2019, 03:59 PM
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Gimpy, if you're taking about skiing off of the...
Gimpy, if you're taking about skiing off of the West sumit of shasta down to the Whitney glacier (or more likely from the summit plateau down to the whitney) - which is what i think you see in the...
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05-13-2018, 06:07 PM
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BTW. totally forgot to say - thanks for the cool...
BTW. totally forgot to say - thanks for the cool viddy above, B. Gillis. got me stoked before our shasta trip!
Shralph - well done on McLoughlin. Awesome pics!
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05-11-2018, 04:58 PM
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Jibmaster, It's a pretty big snowfield (1.5-2ft...
Jibmaster,
It's a pretty big snowfield (1.5-2ft deep, 30-50 ft of driving), and worse it's on a curve. I don't think it will melt out this weekend, but should be passable by next weekend. Without... -
05-11-2018, 11:03 AM
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Skied Lassen N side on Tuesday 5/8, Shasta...
Skied Lassen N side on Tuesday 5/8, Shasta Hotlum/wintun Wednesday, and the S side Thursday.
Lassen N side: Could still patch things together w/o taking off and ski to ~6600ft, only a 20-25 min... -
02-06-2018, 09:24 PM
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great pic Jibmaster. Yeah, stuff that is SE looks...
great pic Jibmaster. Yeah, stuff that is SE looks smooth, anything else looks wind textured. how was it?
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02-06-2018, 09:22 PM
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Yeah, To Dhelihiker’s point, there’s lots of...
Yeah, To Dhelihiker’s point, there’s lots of stuff like that, that can come into play. We’re really guessing here and ya gotta make your own call. BTW, checkout the ranger site for folks that don’t...
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02-06-2018, 02:24 PM
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Not really sure, definitely not when we were...
Not really sure, definitely not when we were there. those are pretty high (13.4k?). Even on nice spring day's with enough wind they seem to be 50/50 to corn, so I'd guess no. It looked like the rime...
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02-06-2018, 02:12 PM
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Yeah, i used to be Towelie on thebackcountry...
Yeah, i used to be Towelie on thebackcountry forum (RIP), TTips, Splitboard.com (pretty much RIP :(). I think i joined TGR when we did Red slate or somethng i the high sierras w/ the turtles. Been...
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02-06-2018, 09:08 AM
Thread: Lassen / Shasta Conditions Anyone?
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Enjoy
Enjoy
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02-06-2018, 09:02 AM
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Hey Rod! (I skied coke chute w/ you and JimW eons...
Hey Rod! (I skied coke chute w/ you and JimW eons ago).
We skinned up the gulch, past Helen to about 10,700 and then traversed back and up Casaval. No Icefall at all until around 11:30, when it... -
02-05-2018, 09:14 PM
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Skied Shasta Sunday. Great coverage (skin/ski to...
Skied Shasta Sunday. Great coverage (skin/ski to the car). Everything had setup with a good melt/freeze that night and it was corn from at least from where we skied (11.2k) down to bunny flat (6.9k)....
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