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04-27-2018, 10:59 PM #201
You are not missing anything. I did a long day out of Horse Meadows/ Gibbs Lake trailhead, and Kidney was good fun. Pretty much a trail hike until just short of Gibbs Lake, then continuous coverage (except 100 yards just east of Kidney Lake). Some of that will get worse soon, though.
Way funky snow between the two lakes. The lack of a pre-March base is definitely causing issues now in some areas; sudden collapse-to-ground situations.
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04-28-2018, 11:13 AM #202Registered User
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Saw something similar on the North Chutes on Goethe two weeks back. A small faceted layer ~20 inches down a few layers, below the big rain crust. Not super reactive ECT 28 and ECT 30, but did break quite cleanly once they went. Decided to ski something else with less exposure.
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04-28-2018, 07:07 PM #203
Woke up near va lakes to a non-operational car, so touring plans were scrapped. Got a tow to mammoth lakes and skied the resort while the car was miraculously made operational by the mammoth chevron for just $40.
Decent snow was found, mostly lower and on groomers. Wind was kicking. Seems best to stay lower and east facing given temps and wind direction. Some friends apparently had a good time on mt Olsen. Haven’t heard specifics on conditions yet.
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04-28-2018, 11:36 PM #20410 out of 10
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04-28-2018, 11:50 PM #205
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04-29-2018, 07:54 AM #206Rod9301
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04-29-2018, 08:57 AM #207User
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04-30-2018, 09:04 AM #208
it sounds like 120's open to the park entrance up high. can anyone confirm?
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/localne...open-by-friday
https://www.nps.gov/yose/planyourvisit/wroads.htm
The Tioga Road closes due to snow, usually from sometime in November through late May or early June. The road closure extends from the Tuolumne Grove, just east of Crane Flat, to Tioga Pass Entrance Station.
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04-30-2018, 09:19 AM #209
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04-30-2018, 09:30 AM #210
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04-30-2018, 10:03 AM #211Registered User
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Caltrans says it is still closed
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04-30-2018, 12:05 PM #212Banned
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05-01-2018, 11:54 AM #213Registered User
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received a text this AM that Aspendell got a foot overnight
Like I told my last wife, I never drive faster than I can see, besides it's all in the reflexes.
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05-01-2018, 11:58 AM #214Banned
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05-01-2018, 12:50 PM #215
I wonder if it might be localized(?). most of the sensors i've looked at show 3-6inches.
VA lakes ~4-6":
http://www.esavalanche.org/sensors/#/station/VGAC1/
Mammoth pass: ~3"
http://www.esavalanche.org/sensors/#/station/MAMC1/
But these are 9-10k, so higher elevations probably got more. Were they saying that it's 1ft at Aspendell or at where they skied higher up?
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05-01-2018, 01:23 PM #216Rod9301
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Also Mt Dade got more than a foot, at least it was supposed to compared to less North of there.
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05-01-2018, 04:54 PM #217User
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05-01-2018, 09:46 PM #218Registered User
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Anyone have recent beta on snow line up horse creek or generally in twin lakes area?
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05-01-2018, 10:05 PM #219
This link seems to suggest that a number of areas got around a foot or more, with a few areas more like 1.5 to 2 (that sure does look like a thin strip of magenta between Tioga and Virginia). Not sure how this map, put out by some Euros, is on data accuracy.
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05-01-2018, 11:50 PM #220Registered User
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05-02-2018, 08:23 PM #221Registered User
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Skied bloody today, there was anywhere from a few Inches to a foot. Snow in very north areas was still noice at -~ 2:30, there was a quick heat up ~ 3 but at laurel lake elevation, betting shaded north will still be good in am. For my money stability was no issue. , great view of red slate , couple panoramas
Like I told my last wife, I never drive faster than I can see, besides it's all in the reflexes.
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05-03-2018, 06:20 PM #222
May the season of Liberty be upon us,
tho it not be the Solstice,
Climb and ski the Pillar,
And feast on thy Banana,
should the Cocaine not be upon thee.
Whether yer name be Dana,
Ellery, or God knows,
Tioga.
In the name of the Powerhouse,
Conness, and
The Holy Unknown,
May the finest of corn be upon thee!
http://www.uniondemocrat.com/localne...open-by-fridaysproing!
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05-03-2018, 06:22 PM #223Rod9301
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And 108 is open
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05-04-2018, 04:45 PM #224
Skied Esha today. Thanks to the old avy debris low in the gully great coverage for skiing down to 8000ft. only ~20min or so walk to the car. 1-6 inches of powder on crust from 11k to the top. below that all corn. All of the powder slid when we skied it (central gully) or slid on its own 10 min after we skied (left/right gullies). Now that it’s exposed down to the old crust, I’d bet it will be great corn in the following days. Pretty warm today, but there was a really good freeze even down to 8k where we started skinning. We skied at ~11am and it was good top to bottom, no mush at all.
Gonna drive up to 120 to see if it’s open up high yet, maybe do Solstice, etc tomorrow if so.
pics:
pano looking south:
looking west - Redslate and it's "unmarried man summit traverse entrance" visible in the center.
looking north down our line and canyon
Sherpa1 enjoying the dust on crust/ice up high:
and some nice powder for some sections before returning to the crust left after it slid.
both gullies on the left and right slid on their own 2 minutes after i got to this spot.
There was discussion of where to cross. go past the pack station and cross right here where i'm pointing. there is a path down to the river.
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05-04-2018, 07:23 PM #225
Tioga pass is open to the park entrance. lots of folks skied Solstice and ellery, etc. Some folks i talked to said Solstice has an overhanging cornice - everyone rapped into it today, no one skied into it.
lots of tracks in ellery/chute out. Saddlebag road still has ~1ft of snow on it. powerhouse doesn't go to the bottom anymore.
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