Central California

[hopelesslyadolescent]

Thanks for all the reports. Sounds like the Y on Leavitt isn't quite good to go. Anybody ski the bowl? Is it softening up?

[~mikey b]

Lots of folks at Blue Canyon and the Pass. We found solitude.


Owen and Mommy on the steepest bit coming up.











Scree walking


Skiering




Krystal Kartwright is feeling better



Looking at GPS track... 1.5 miles 850' up and down - not bad for a six year old

[~mikey b]

My Otter Box is filthy and Krystal Kartwright's phone has a better camera...


Posing for Mommy in his new jacket.





Yak


A little help

[hopelesslyadolescent]

Mike, you're a lucky dad and Owens a lucky boy, very cool to see the whole family out. From the scree walking photo, looks like the west side of the ridge (PCT toward Leavitt) is pretty fried. Is that indeed the case? Did you hear any reports of the snow quality on Leavitt and down Blue Canyon. I'd imagine the canyon snow was corned up nicely, but the report about the Y being frozen on Leavitt has me wondering about the bowl. Must have warmed nicely today.

[~mikey b]

Got no beta on that. I'm sure folks were out thataway. It's gotta be good. Warmer today than yesterday. Should be warm all week. Start times should be earlier. I was surprised to see so many folks gearing up along the road as late as we rolled by. East aspects are ready early.

[~mikey b]

here is some Sonora Pass stoke I found on the intertoob

[~mikey b]

What a difference a day makes.



Today's TR tonight.

[~mikey b]

ski peak


something


something else


something to ski down

[Shred Baron]

I was down at Sonora pass on Friday. Went out to ski lake on Leavitt lake road. It was the best snow I had this weekend. Coverage seems good, or at least how it should look in may.

[~mikey b]

Stay heads up out there.

[Vets]

I did a Solo Dusk Patrol recon mission up at Sonora Pass last Thursday.
Here is a link to a TR
Sonora Pass currently offers many good options.

[~mikey b]

Anyone lose these? Tell me the initials on the back to ID.

...........

[~mikey b]

Close...

I got the photag and sled crew on the alert, but these might be up for grabs.

Another excellent day on Sonora Pass. Krystal Kartwright had a nice long tour. Seems to be fully recovered from concussion. Wind and clouds and sun fighting for control of the snow. We poked around on the north side of the road.

Any rowdy mutha fuckers wanna go look at something with me next week? I got something worth keeping an eye on. Maybe too much for me to ski but I'll go along.

If you can't be an athlete, be an athletic supporter.

[claymond]

So, I'm coming back to California in about a week to work this summer, and planning to ski shasta, maybe lassen, sonora, and hopefully some stuff on the Dana plateau as well. I originally planned to start at Shasta and head south, but how is the snow holding up on Sonora? Maybe it would be better to start there and end at Shasta? If anyone would like to get out and do some touring, that would rock too

[GiBo]

^^^
Start south, work north. Dana and Sonora won't last long this year.

Mike, glad you and the fam are getting out.

I'm in re-landscaping my back yard hell. Have to have it finished by the 25th for a double grad party (daughter HS, son JH). Might sneak away the 17th...

[~mikey b]

'nother day farting around the pass - excellent corn on all aspects - met mtbcat and ran into Heidi and Oso again - a great day

we'll be hitting it on the way to Mammoth tomorrow morning

[~mikey b]

Sonora Pass closed due to snow. Reno forecast office has 3-7" for today + 1-3" tonight + more Tuesday.

[TurxSki]

Hey Kids,
Might try for a boot-up session around Sonora Pass or similar one of the days this weekend.
Prolly just me & Tini (Cinders has some Sciatica-type butt pain).
Driving down from Oakland. Consider us "Novices".

So, is SP gonna open by Sat/Sun do you think?
(We saw a likely spot on our way to Mammy last Thurs. Were gonna hit it on the way home, but got closed out)

Or somewhere else to go instead?

If not, is there anything close to the Sonora closure to ski?

Anyone want to join in?
TeleMike, expect a phone call...

[~mikey b]

come stay at our house and ski with us

maybe Vets wants to go walkies?

[~mikey b]

also probably time to throw the invite up

uummm








































It's MY fucking birthday!





















































FKNA!

Summer Solstice party at our house Sat June 22


keg o' beer


indestructible pinata


live nude moms


music

[~mikey b]

hardly strictly

he got to go backstage and chat with Steve Earle later that evening


edit

Ebbetts Pass and Sonora Pass are both open

[TurxSki]

...he got to go backstage and chat with Steve Earle later that evening...

I bet they had a lot in common...

Ebbetts Pass and Sonora Pass are both open

Cool! It's on!
TeleMike takes The Gapers out for a tour!
Tini & I are now going Old School-ish & upgrading to Trekkers & Skins! (If I can find 'em...)

[~mikey b]

Skins I haz. Trekkers I dont's.

[~mikey b]

TurxSki tours!

[~mikey b]

an excellent weekend with backcountry newbies at Sonora Pass

TurxSki and Tini were looking for a few more turns this weekend and came to visit young Owen for a couple of days of fun

Tini had been on skins a couple times in Cham last winter, but Turx was new to the game - a bit of fussing with new Trekkers and trimming skins Saturday morning led to an excellent day farting around on Sonora Pass - I got to show the kids around a bit and they seemed to enjoy it, even if they didn't get in as much skiing as meadow skipping - but they were keen for more and came back another day with Owen and Krystal and I on Sunday - Owen was done after a lap, but Tini and Tu)rx took off ALONE for a second lap (they're getting so big)

seriously - very fun to take folks out for their first tours and show them something new

QUESTION FOR FOLKS EXPERIENCED WITH ALPINE TREKKERS (since I had never used them and Turx and Tini need some assistance): how do you get them adjusted to boot and binding properly? We were fussing with them at the trailhead, but it seems like a bit of time at home getting Trekkers adjusted to boot and binding separately would be helpful. Both of them had a few issues with kicking out of the toe