Oh-9/Oh-10 Tahoe Weather, Stoke, and What's Up Thread

[powdork]

Nice guermo. How late will you be making turns there this year?

and the [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194662"]Ebbetts/Kirkwood TR[/ame]. If I can't finish editing the video, I'll at least put up some short clips to show the wind. And maybe the 'how-to prepare a couloir like a rock star' video.

[jskierpx]

donner officially opening this weekend chair 2. anyone know if its worth the drive from the bay? Im thinking some June lift served skiing followed by some donner summit afternoon climbing...

[dookeyXXX]

I drove over Donner Pass Road on Monday and I have to say that DSR is burnt (the frontside, at least). Really interested in how they are going to get people up and over to Chair 2 since it's pretty much all dirt and brush on the front now.

From what G2A has said, it might be worth the drive to hit AM for some top-to-bottom action...though you'll have to skin for it.

then again for $40 you can enjoy skiing and Rock Crawling: http://www.we-rock.cc/

[kona12]

Hiram Peak (L) and Folger Peak (R):


More details:
Highland Lakes Road still has a lot of snow. We drove a few hundred yards up to the snowdrifts. I'll keep calling the ranger station/checking back because as you can see Hiram and Folger look great.
There is only enough room for about 2 or 3 cars to park at the turnoff near the PCT parking lot (which is still covered with snow.)
The snow was smooth corn with minimal suncups.
This area is worth a return trip.

I am an Ebbets Jong. These peaks look NICE. According to google maps it looks like you can drive right to their base(if the snow is melted). Is that really the case?

Got some nice turns out on the crest today, great corn!

Guermo, is that the ridge behind Sugar Bowl?

[powdork]

I am an Ebbets Jong. These peaks look NICE. According to google maps it looks like you can drive right to their base(if the snow is melted). Is that really the case?

Yes. When you see us talk about Highland Lakes Road being clear, that's the one. More recent pics of the area [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194662"]here[/ame] (not 'more recent', but more and recent). [ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=125549"]A TR from several years ago[/ame]. Not a whole lot of info with it though.

[gone2alpine]

I am anxious to see Sinecure & Vets pics from the the Ebbets expedition. In the mean time, I bailed and headed for a day trip at Mammoth for Friday. Coverage is pretty incredible for mid June. Chairs 1, 3 and 23 operating. With just a bit of snow farming, they could still be operating Chair 2.

Pretty windy up top Plus cuppy and firm off piste. We stayed mid mountain on chair three for most of the day. Big arcs on groomers, some moguls, and the halfpipe was freshly cut so that added a lot to our day.

Ran in to JLA415 there as well as a couple of Alpine Meadows non-mags. Fun times for mid-June. Probably headed back for another Mammoth day Tuesday.

[skier666]

Just skied the Wall. Perfect at 11am. A tad suncuppy, but fun as hell. Skied down Waterfall and then cut back to groomer under Wall....super smooth and carvable. Snow is definitely melting off the base area.

[slim]

Just skied the Wall. Perfect at 11am. A tad suncuppy, but fun as hell. Skied down Waterfall and then cut back to groomer under Wall....super smooth and carvable. Snow is definitely melting off the base area.

How'd the pictures turn out? Loaded with road grit?

[Ottime]

Snow is definitely melting off the base area.

That could make laps off 6 difficult in two weeks.

[skier666]

^^^^

Yes, Slim is correct. I did leave my G11 on my roof when I departed KW. I drove back and found it near the Caples damn beat up, without battery, but still have my SD card. Awesome!

[m01766]

Did anyone happen to ski dsr today? I'm curious how they got people back to chair 2

[gone2alpine]

And also on DSR - can i pay for just skiing or do I have to pay for the damn rock crawling event too?

[Nevada29er]

Skied KW Sat looking for some good bang for buck hiking. Suncups were out in force! Thimble to saddle was bumpy. The wall was OK on top, bumpy bellow. Bottom is melting fast. All in all ok for June, but I think Roundtop would have been a bit better.

[powdork]

obviously you're carrying the back up boat in case your too late for the taxi?

[Sinecure]

Did a couple laps with Vets on Thursday. My son (Hux et Veritas) wanted to do a little BC intro trip before he leaves for Israel on Tuesday. We brought along one of his school friends (Ben), the friend's dad (Dan) and stayed with some friends who moved to Arnold a few years ago. Their son (also Ben) came too.

We met up with Vets at the top of Ebbets Pass at 9:00am and dropped a car a short way down the road (east) so we could do a partial car shuttle.

Ben, Hux et Veritas, Ben and Dan, ready to go:



We hiked up the south side of the road, across from Ebbets Peak. The crew hiking (me on right):



Me and Vets at the top, looking out toward Kinney Reservoir. We would ski from her down to that field we're facing, then left out to the road.



Me and Hux et Veritas ready to go. The chutes over out shoulders look pretty nice, but if you took that line, you'd have to walk out a little to get back over to the snow that takes you to the road.



Hux et Veritas spraying some snow:



Vets catches credit card air coming over the edge:



Vets with Kinney in the background:



The snow goes all the way to the road. We had to pick our way through, but didn't need to remove our skis:



We took a short drive down to the reservoir to scope out our line for our second lap. I'm pointing out potential lines to Vets (we ended up doing the two larger V shaped gullies below the large rock peak):



Hux at the top, under the large rock peak. Pretty smooth snow.



Vets through the trees, about 1/2 way down to the reservoir:



Hux at the bottom. There's still a little ice on the lake. We opted to skip the pond skimming.



There were a couple of small stream crossings on the hike out around the north side of the reservoir. I opted for the dry way over the one larger/deeper crossing:



Vets was more brave/stupid than me:



Closer view of what we skied:



All in all, it was a pleasant, albeit short day. A good intro to the whole concept of BC for the boys, plus the partial car shuttle eliminated roughly 1/3-1/2 of the vertical hiking.

Highland Lakes Rd wasn't open all the way, although if you had a high-clearance 4WD you might make it. I made it part way in my Honda Pilot, but was routinely bottoming out on the snow crossings. The crew in the car was very surprised I made it as far as I did.

[gone2alpine]

Looks like I missed a fun time Thursday. At least I was getting some climbing in on that day rather than stuck in a classroom.

I got invited to go on a Lassen adventure for next weekend if I can get the approval from Mrs G2A. Will post pics if it happens...

[The Dad]

I did leave my G11 on my roof when I departed KW. I drove back and found it near the Caples damn beat up, without battery, but still have my SD card. Awesome!

! But good that the pics survived...


Sinecure and Vets, sounds like y'all had a fun time.

[dookeyXXX]

on my way back down from the mountains this morning i took a short recon detour and scoped out the road up to the ridge above Silvertip/Lodgepole/Yuba Gap area above the Lake Valley Reservoir. not sure what those mountains are, but i drove all the way up a dirt road that ended in snow and a smashed up sign for Salmon Lake Road/Forest Road 38. there's still plenty of snow up there and some nice low-angle looking shots.
anybody ever hit anything up there?

[Vets]

For those who wish to see more of Ebbett's Pass here is a link to a TR.
[ame="http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=194902"]TR: Ebbett's Pass, June 15th, 17th and 18th [/ame]

[parkmeister]

Carson Pass, June 19, 2010

Barespots opening up in the forest, still lots of snow up high.


Lots of suncups. Skimming over the top was surprisingly quick and easy.


Summer snow.


Roundtop and The Sisters.


The ice is melting fast on Winnemucca Lake


Sloppy turns in the slush.


Fun times.


Gary

[Spats]

obviously you're carrying the back up boat in case your too late for the taxi?

Ha! I forgot to cinch down the straps...most of that is air, or my sneakers.

[skier666]

Kirkwood teasers - June 19th, 2010



The Wall...

[The Dad]

Anyone know whether Donner Ski Ranch is turning Lift #2 this weekend? The website isn't totally clear.

[snowranger]

Speaking of North Lake, I'm attending a wedding there this weekend. Any okay areas left that I can do a dawn patrol on?

[skier666]

Some Kirkwood stuff in here...




TR soon...