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ryankelly
Trad climber
el portal
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Topic Author's Reply - Oct 17, 2013 - 11:55am PT
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Thanks for the photos Cragman. Midnight start huh?
I'm gonna have to put in some big skinning days this season to ski Elderberry in the spring.
Good thing I just watched Warren Miller's Extremem Skiing 3: the Scott Schmidt Story.
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Eric Beck
Sport climber
Bishop, California
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Oct 17, 2013 - 12:58pm PT
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Kim Schmitz said he skiied down the north side directly into what was once Scheelite (Pine Creek Canyon). He called it the best single ski run he'd ever done.
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Fat Dad
Trad climber
Los Angeles, CA
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Oct 17, 2013 - 01:05pm PT
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A peak with such a massive footprint. Always wanted to climb it but everything about it--guidebooks, reports, etc.--seemed to confirm it as a BIG slog. Makes me wish I still had the knees to ski it.
BTW, Chief, nice beta. Maybe I'll reconsider.
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BCD
Mountain climber
Bishop, CA
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Oct 17, 2013 - 01:44pm PT
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Rankin
Social climber
Greensboro, North Carolina
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Oct 17, 2013 - 02:10pm PT
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Personally, I wouldn't ever ascend the thing in summer....too much of a slag heap.
Cragman, you haven't done Tom from Horton Lakes? And you call yourself a Sierra climber? ;) Actually Mt. Tom is one of my favorite mountains anywhere, and the hike from Horton Lakes is super burly. Not a flat step on it. With that said, it's breathtaking to reach the plateau below the summit and imagine miners up that far. Beautiful scenery up there.
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Tricerabottoms
climber
Tri County Fairgrounds
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Oct 17, 2013 - 02:18pm PT
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I love Mt TOM! It is certainly more of a skiers peak than a climbers peak. I just recently returned to The Milks and have been staring up there. Some of my best days on thE Eastside have been driving up to the Buttermilks at daybreak and skinning from the Birthday Bolders. I think The LINE is the southeast couloir facing The MILKS. If you are quick, then you summit the peak by 11 or so and glide back to the bouldering field. At which point you change into your boldering suit and battle the pebbles until dark with a big crew. Pretty much the ultimate Eastside day in my humble opinion.... I sure hope it snows this Winter.
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limpingcrab
Trad climber
the middle of CA
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Oct 17, 2013 - 02:58pm PT
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Kind of a dirt lump but friendly in the winter and the views are great!
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Brian B
Trad climber
Oakland
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Oct 18, 2013 - 11:34am PT
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Hey Timid TopRope,
Where is that tub in your photo? Looks like a great soak.
B
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mcd
Trad climber
el portal,ca
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ryankelly
Trad climber
el portal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 1, 2014 - 10:02pm PT
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great shot
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Yeah Tom!
Whys it Tom anyways? Tom who? Anybody know?
BCD some really great shots. Thanks everyone.
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F10
Trad climber
Bishop
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The mountain is named for Thomas Clark, a resident of the pioneer town of Owensville, who is credited with being the first to ascend the peak in the 1860s
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RyanD
climber
Squamish
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Thanks F10.
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mcd
Trad climber
el portal,ca
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Feb 27, 2014 - 11:48pm PT
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ryankelly
Trad climber
el portal
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Topic Author's Reply - Feb 28, 2014 - 01:16am PT
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Yeah Buddy.
Hope you didn't try to heat up the humus like that...you're burning plastic bro!
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Feb 28, 2014 - 07:40am PT
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hey there say, ryankelly... wow, had not see this...
really nice! will learn more about mt tom...
thanks F10, for the info here, too:
phylp... wow, still trying to see your painting, :)
and wow, johntp:
as to this:
Oct 16, 2013 - 06:52pm PT
Ryan- can't say I have any experience, but I once scoped out the approach via Pine Creek. Looked like a f-fest.
edit: as a side note (I think I've posted this before); during my recon I wandered into a dense copse of aspens to find a few deer carcasses. I was checking it out and suddenly realized I was hanging in a cougar dining room. Who knows if it was watching me.
whewwww, you get an: oh my! :)
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mooser
Trad climber
seattle
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Feb 28, 2014 - 09:08am PT
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My little brother, Keith, and I, did the North Ridge of Mt. Tom one October a few years back. Except for the very start of the route (a slag, as Cragman said), it was all snow, all the time. One of the most beautiful ridges I've climbed, in terms of the views to the South, the East, and the West, and with all the snow we had on that ridge, we were careful not to be too casual about the consequences of pitching over either side. It's a LOOOOONG way down. Spent the night about half way up and just soaked it all in. The sunlit peaks to the West in the morning were absolutely stunning. The summit had that classic summit feel to it, too.
We descended via the West face directly below the summit (more a controlled fall, really), and went down to the valley via the Horton Lakes trail.
On our walk back to Bishop (my VW bus was still at the base of the North Ridge), we came across Jill Kinmont's husband and nephew who'd gotten in an impossible spot with their little pickup on a particularly rough spot. Keith and I helped pick up the bed of their truck and turn it around, and they were so grateful they told us they'd drive us anywhere we wanted to go. That was cool with us, since my bus was a really long walk from where we were, and it was pitch black. Hadn't really made a plan about that, so it was quite fortuitous.
I love Mt. Tom, but especially that my little brother and I did the route together.
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Dan McDevitt
Trad climber
yosemite
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Jan 24, 2017 - 06:09pm PT
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Ryan, thought you would like this shot. Sure wish i could see her now all loaded up! Anybody got a shot??? I miss waking up to that incredible sight over a good cup of coffee!
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