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Thread: Eastside Conditions Thread
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04-02-2019, 09:37 AM #1401
^^^That's awesome. I'd like to get that one eventually.
Rod- What whatsupdoc said.
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04-02-2019, 10:07 AM #1402
Yup, still my favorite thread. Thanks, guys!
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04-02-2019, 11:09 AM #1403
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04-02-2019, 11:24 AM #1404
Skiing should still be pretty awesome come mid-May. Plenty of snow up high that can be accessed from high THs.
South Lake, Rock Creek, Virginia Lakes, and Onion Valley all have good skiing with higher starting elevations. You'll probably be skinning from near the car at all of these places, with shorter dirt walks. Other THs like Big Pine, Twin Lakes, McGee, and Pine Creek will have some more dirt walking, but that's pretty typical in Mid-May. They should all have good skiing up high still. Basically besides the stuff that rises up from the desert (like Birch, Tinemaha, and Tom) it should still be good to go that time of year without too much suffering.
Tioga Pass probably won't be open that early this year. If it is that should be high on your list.
The 4x4 would be helpful if you plan on accessing stuff up Buttermilks Rd like Emerson and Locke or McMurray Meadows Rd like Cardinal and Split. The skiing is sweet around the Buttermilks, so it could be nice to have 4x4. But it's also nice to have a camping rig. You can pretty much camp anywhere on the E side. You'll still have plenty to ski without a 4x4 vehicle.
The snowpack is fat and snow levels are lower than usual. Photos of Tom can be deceiving, that stuff melts out quickly even in big years.
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04-02-2019, 11:24 AM #1405
Tom looks awesome, I have dreamed about doing that one and getting excellent conditions, nice work. Pinner too.
Nice Pika photos, looking deep back there.
phattypowpow for early May most likely best conditions and access will be between Bishop area north to June Lakes area. Although a couple spring storms can smooth the southern stuff out nicely.
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04-02-2019, 01:46 PM #1406
Nice work and conditions score on Tom.
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04-02-2019, 03:17 PM #1407
Doc and akb, you guys make me hate myself for living in SF. It is a serious bitch living at sea level and trying to be in shape for long spring days at high elevations, not to mention finding the time do drive 6+ hours on either end.
Love your posts but they induce so much envy.
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04-02-2019, 03:43 PM #1408
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04-02-2019, 03:51 PM #1409Registered User
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Eastside Conditions Thread
Wow, between you ant meter-man making the move from SF to Tahoe, I need to seriously up my lobbying efforts w the wife. Thx for the motivation!
Plus everything that Jorion wrote!
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04-02-2019, 04:10 PM #1410registered abuser
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can anyone recommend a good bootfitter in the eastern sierra?
NOT!!!!!!!!
methinks this thread will be banging this spring n its off to a great start. seeing as the zones are stacked and everyone has a phone and the fact that even a tech idiot like me can post pics through their phone on the tgr app, theres no reason for it not to be all fucking time+++
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04-02-2019, 05:56 PM #1411
Yeah, I’d move to the Sierra in a second if my partner wanted to/I thought she’d be happy there. My only hope is that it’s doubtful we can afford to have kids here and that would be way more feasible in Reno or even Tahoe.
Anyway, happy to see the best thread on tgr getting back going in earnest. Next time I make it that way I’ll actually remember to bring my camera and GoPro charger.
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04-02-2019, 06:39 PM #1412
As long as we have thread sway and the Tahoe boot fitting thread is preoccupied with other matters of great importance, let me say that Tahoe is a great place for kids to grow up. For example, taking my 12-year-old out on Saturday.
Meanwhile my son was free skiing with his ski team. My kids have it so damn good.
But to bring the thread back on topic, I can’t wait to leave Tahoe to ski the Eastern Sierra again.
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04-02-2019, 07:36 PM #1413
Yeah, that’s fantastic. I wish I had been brought up as a skier. Lucky kids!
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04-02-2019, 07:37 PM #1414
Better head south with your son before you find yourself holding him back.
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04-03-2019, 07:43 PM #1415one of those sickos
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I skied Patterson today from the Sweetwater Summit side. Good times. It's not exactly a roadside hit, but the terrain is solid back there. Snow was better than expected. It was 17.1 mi and 8266' on the day (6:54 car-car).
In the first pic Matterhorn is on the far left.
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04-03-2019, 07:51 PM #1416Rod9301
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04-03-2019, 08:38 PM #1417Registered User
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He chose his handle name...wisely
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04-04-2019, 04:54 AM #1418
Looks like I’ll have the month of May off. A few new things to do
I didn't believe in reincarnation when I was your age either.
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04-04-2019, 10:05 AM #1419registered abuser
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noicely evan+++ always wondered what that terrain is like up there
u dont have to quote every single picture again rod. cmon maaaaaan
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04-04-2019, 11:44 AM #1420
that's where vested was supposed to heli ski
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04-04-2019, 12:24 PM #1421
I took the slightly longer East Walker River route home a couple weeks ago and looked at those mountains. Very cool.
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04-04-2019, 02:11 PM #1422
Lot of great stuff here!
Rod, nice job on the hulk. I've done everything else around there, but that's still on my list. maybe this weekend...
AKB, Doc, nice pics from Tom/Pinner. Man i just remember that ridge walk to the summit taking forever... all of the false summits. So from your pics skinning, it looks like the flat aspects were pretty consolidated to about 10k or so - is that right? what's your take on direct south stuff up high (12-14k) when you went, had it gone the cycle back then? obviously the north hadn't and there's been some new snow, but trying to figure out what i'll find this weekend. looks like further south(big pine, etc.) aren't getting much from tomorrow's system.
Skeeze/Climbereven - nicely done.
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04-04-2019, 02:12 PM #1423Rod9301
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