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mrtropy
Trad climber
Nor Cal
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Topic Author's Original Post - Nov 30, 2013 - 09:32pm PT
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How are things shaping up this year? Climbed a bit(a very little bit) on Hyw 4 today. Would like to do more.
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Nov 30, 2013 - 10:54pm PT
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Coldstream today
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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You guys think Widows Tears could form again by Sunday?! It will be freaking cold in the Valley!
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Mr_T
Trad climber
Northern California
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Is there enough flow right now in Yos or Truckee for anything to form?
Also does anyone know of anything forming up in the bay area? It's below freezing at night for the next few days. Supposedly something above Steven's Creek Reservoir formed back in 2000.
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Maysho
climber
Soda Springs, CA
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Widows Tears needs volume of melt water, not just cold. Typical set up is 4ft of snow on the rim, some warm clear weather to get things flowing, then a great cold snap...Great climb if you are ready when it forms!
Peter
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Mtnmun
Trad climber
Top of the Mountain Mun
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It is a well known fact that the best ice climbing in California is in Canada. Buy your ticket and go North ice junkies.
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dgbryan
Mountain climber
Hong Kong
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... and the outlook for LV / June Lake through the Christmas period?
Damian
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NMR
Trad climber
Berkeley
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What's the outlook for Tahoe Ice this weekend? The current cold temps seem good...?
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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Preston and I went ice climbing at June today, did two thin routes on the Roadside Wall. The ice was good, but thin. Carson Peak, Horsetail, and the other flows did not look so good at all, but Tatum looked decently climbable; at least it looked that way early this morning. Temps are rising...
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bradL
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe, NV
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The best ice climbing tool for California is a fast car.
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bradL
Trad climber
Lake Tahoe, NV
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The temps in Lee Vining look promising. Some days near freezing, some days in the teens.
Anybody have any recent pictures?
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Went for a walk up Eagle Creek canyon today (Emerald Bay area).
Nothing is in.
Great hiking though, about 6" of snow on the ground and it feels like winter!
Cascade is in pretty bad shape too according to a friend who was there this morning. What is there on the left side is climbable but has a lot of snow on it. This is a little surprising as this was in decent shape for the past two weeks.
We certainly have the temps for ice but most places just don't have the required moisture.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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http://grecx.com/ice-climbing/
This web site mentions "Crag Peak". Anyone has climbed on it and is willing to share beta or anyone know where the hell this Crag peak is? I didn't find it on summitpost...
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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The fountain in Heavenly village is shaping up nicely hahaha
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Where is the ice at Lake Audrain? I've never been able to find it, but I've only looked once.
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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Lee vining took screws the whole way up the right falls today.
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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The best ice climbing in California, is in Colorado.
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Snowmassguy
Trad climber
Calirado
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Colorado ice has been going OFF this fall. Go get some.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Ron, you heard of acual people climbing that chimney route? Sounds interesting. Wonder what they have to say about it.
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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Ryan Evans
climber
Kings Beach
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Crag peak would be a long day to skin all that gear out there. It has formed up the past two seasons. slog < powder skiing. No first hand reports but i hear its good.
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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DaveT climbing WITHOUT TOOLS on overhanging ice!!! That's rad!!! :)
Me on the other hand internet-wanking at work, on a Saturday!!! WTF!!
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emunsing
Sport climber
Boston, MA
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Anyone been out to check out Tahoe ice since the snowstorm? Eagle Creek Canyon, Cascade Falls, Lover's Leap, Lake Audrain? This weather seems perfect for ice; I'd love to get an update from the locals (at least, any locals who aren't out skiing).
Dave T, is that photo from current conditions in Lee Vining? Hope the downclimb to the tools went well...
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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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Yes, that was a current pic. Actually, Kia took the photo, and the climber is Preston.
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DaveT.
Big Wall climber
Mammoth Lakes
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took the *tilted* photo
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Tilting is awesome. Hope no one notices the road UP to Tioga pass is going down :/
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Highway 89 (to Emerald Bay) is currently closed due to snow. Not sure when it will get back open.
It's sunny enough today to be melting the snow left on the roads and getting cold at night, so my guess is things are forming. The icicles on my house are growing at a rapid clip.
Fallen Leaf road was open until this snow, guessing it's closed as 18-30" fell across the Tahoe area on Friday night. That sounds like a lot of snow but not enough to get most of the BC poppin' nor a whole lot more terrain open at the resorts. We need at least another storm like that on top of what we have, then we're good or at least better, imho. There are some spots that have enough for earning turns but sharks are certainly lurking.
Right now the XC skiing is excellent on existing trails/fire roads, so if you come up, bring your skinny skis and get your cardio on.
Things could be better by the weekend with temps up into the low 40s with sun and with new snow there is actually material for climbs to form, something that was missing in a lot of places before this past storm. Will have to wait and see when 89 opens. When I get a chance I plan to sneak out to a couple ice bouldering spots I know of to see how things have changed the past few days.
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Riley McDonald
climber
CA
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Dec 12, 2013 - 02:43am PT
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Did some mixed climbing on the watchtower in Sequoia today. Barely any ice, but it's starting to freeze up:
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ruppell
climber
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Dec 12, 2013 - 02:51am PT
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WI3 as NEWSWORTHY?
Only on the left coast. lol Go East boys go east
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Vitaliy M.
Mountain climber
San Francisco
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Dec 19, 2013 - 02:07am PT
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nice to hear. gotta get out there this winter. the approach is sort of long I guess eh? In CA it is hard to find a partner to climb outside of Lee Vining and not on top rope, but now I have to find someone who wants to break trail...will be a difficult road to Crag peak! lol
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Dec 19, 2013 - 02:25am PT
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^i live near there and am up for adventure. no ice tools though :(
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neebee
Social climber
calif/texas
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Dec 19, 2013 - 02:57am PT
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hey there say, mrtropy... wow, thanks for the calif ice thread for this year!! i like to learn, etc...
lots of shares, here...
thank you!
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Stewart Johnson
climber
lake forest
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Dec 19, 2013 - 09:50am PT
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Crag peak requires a real maritime snowpack .Wet drippy stuff
Not Canada fluff which is what we have now
The route Black Abyss is what forms
Can be viewed from the summits of the Rubicon crest.
Best climbed in early march
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 19, 2013 - 10:18am PT
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Roadside ice at June Lake, last weekend.
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Tork
climber
Yosemite
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Dec 19, 2013 - 12:56pm PT
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 19, 2013 - 12:59pm PT
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Nice to see that Horsetail is in shape
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 19, 2013 - 09:19pm PT
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Thanks for the info. Looked better than that.
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lzpup
Trad climber
San Diego, ca
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Dec 23, 2013 - 04:40pm PT
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Hello Great info thanks guys, headed up that way in 2 days, looks like it has been warm, how does the roadside look, anyone been out there past few days?
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Dec 25, 2013 - 08:45pm PT
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SFyankee
Trad climber
Bay Area, now DC
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Dec 25, 2013 - 09:42pm PT
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Anyone ever gotten busted for climbing June lake roadside? Its on SCE property right?
Just sack up and don't worry about the LOEs?
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10b4me
Ice climber
Bishop/Flagstaff
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Dec 26, 2013 - 12:31am PT
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I 've never encountered any problems.
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adikted
Boulder climber
Tahooooeeeee
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Dec 26, 2013 - 10:34am PT
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Coldstream was good yesterday.....christmas day....glory sticks with nobody there!! Will be checking out sunny today and will post back!!
-G
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Dec 27, 2013 - 09:15pm PT
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Quote Here
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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Dec 27, 2013 - 10:53pm PT
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Nice slabs!
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Mimi
climber
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Dec 27, 2013 - 10:56pm PT
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OMG, that's blue fat.
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emunsing
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Dec 28, 2013 - 12:49am PT
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Update on some South Lake Tahoe ice climbing, as of Dec 27 2013:
Lake Audrain looks out (did not hike all the way to the cliffs, but looks blank from across the lake)
Cascade falls is in, though the ramps are a bit snowy and there are a few open water spots. The routes to climber's left are not yet in, nor is the verglas on the right.
The north-facing routes in Eagle Creek canyon have not yet come in- Kentucky Moonshine is totally nonexistent. Probably needs more snowmelt to form.
Sunny Falls in Eagle Creek is partly in, with a few lines that are secure enough to climb. The approach is not yet well-defined or packed down- it took us 3 hours to dial the approach on the way in, with snowy boulder-hopping and delicately walking over the semi-frozen creek.
Anyone know of other Tahoe ice that's in? Donner area?
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harpo
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe
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Dec 31, 2013 - 01:55pm PT
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Any updates on cascade ice? Still there after the recent warm temps?
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Dec 31, 2013 - 03:12pm PT
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Cascade is in good shape ice wise save for being pretty picked out. It's been continuing to form new ice and there isn't any exposed water as of dec. 30.
Take a trekking pole for the hike in and out. You'll thank me.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Went up to Lee Vining today. It was really nice conditions. Anyone know what route this is? It's way up the canyon past all the other walls. Almost under the big green bridge.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Pretty good conditions today in June. A little wet but good ice.
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Mark Not-circlehead
climber
Martinez, CA
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Jan 17, 2014 - 08:40pm PT
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TFish
Don;t know the name of it, but we climbed it, and the other one to the left and farther up the canyon about two years ago. When 120 was open, it was easy to park, and walk a short distance down to them. I take it you walked ALLLLL the WAAAAY up to it?
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Jan 18, 2014 - 01:04am PT
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Nice! I knew it had been climbed cuz there was some janky webbing left there and its right onfront of your face when you hike up, but surprised its not well known. Yep hiked all the way up there for it. Pretty brutal but worth it. I'm thinking of riding my bike up the 120 and walking down again if its still good up there.
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emunsing
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Jan 22, 2014 - 12:04am PT
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Went back to Cascade falls over the weekend, to find good ice and more coming in. Chatter is that Coldstream is also in, and the Voodoo Lounge near Fallen Leaf Lake may also be in- anyone have any news to share? Anyone been to eagle creek canyon recently?
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Climberdude
Trad climber
Fresno, CA
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Jan 22, 2014 - 01:20am PT
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Anybody heard of people climbing on Rancheria Falls at Huntington Lake? I was hiking there last weekend and the ice looked fat in all places except for the very top. Will have to check it out next weekend with my ice tools.
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bergbryce
Trad climber
South Lake Tahoe, CA
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Jan 22, 2014 - 02:01am PT
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Coldstream has been good for weeks, with a super casual approach of around an hour easy hike. Take some sort of ice grippers or instep crampons for your boots, its really slick on the approach.
The road to voodoo was closed in mid December but it could be open again given the warm temps. i haven't checked there or eagle canyon primarily on account of warm sun and mountain biking.
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pvalchev
Social climber
Truckee, CA
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Jan 22, 2014 - 02:10am PT
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Here are a couple of pics from Coldstream on Sunday, surprisingly completely dry and chilly there considering the 55 degrees in town. Note: next weekend is the AAC trip so I would stay away...
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Bryan Estelle
climber
Escondido
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Jan 24, 2014 - 11:08am PT
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I don't see any posts on the condition of the ice in LVC in the last couple weeks. Can somebody with recent information put up a quick post? Thanks.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 10:48pm PT
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I rode my bike up to the Yosemite park entrance today. Lee Vining is looking thin.
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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Jan 24, 2014 - 11:47pm PT
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Yep the road is pretty clear, one lap with the snowplow and it'd be clear. Just a few rocks and a couple patches of snow. Caltrans is lazy and sucks.
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emunsing
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Cascade Falls has blown out as of February 2ns- probably due to the high volume of rain water and melt from the last storm in Tahoe. Climber's left is still doable, but the right and center of the main falls are just a waterfall. To the climber's far left, the other set of falls is now coming in, and makes for some shorter, but nice, climbing. Expect to cross open water on the approach to either fall; things may have settled down (and frozen) later in the week.
Lots of drippy snow may mean that the Eagle Creek climbs will be on their way in, though...
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Floyd Hayes
Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
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Any projections on road conditions and ice conditions at Cascade Falls on Friday the 7th?
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NMR
Trad climber
Berkeley
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Bump for current Tahoe conditions? What is the current weather system doing up there?
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Floyd Hayes
Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
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Another bump for current ice and road conditions at South Lake Tahoe.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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Light snow / rain at lake level.
Cascade falls was shitty yesterday. The left line was still there, but in bad shape. The middle is a waterfall (that isn't frozen).
I'm sure 89 will close after this storm comes.
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Floyd Hayes
Trad climber
Hidden Valley Lake, CA
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Hey, thanks for the update, much appreciated! We'll cancel our trip.
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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No worries. Good skiing this weekend though.
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Facelyss
Mountain climber
California
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The ice last weekend at Lee Vining was good. About the same as it has been all year. Chouinard's was the best ice and the center line on the Main Wall barely touched down and thin. Nothing new or all that notable, but the approach was absolutely brutal with the little bit of fresh snow. Hopefully it dumps a whole lot more this weekend so a proper boot pack can be made without so much talus scrambling.
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Bryan Estelle
climber
Escondido
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Thanks for the updates. I will be travelling all the way from San Diego and my partner from Redding, CA.; so, we appreciate - very much - the updates!
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Tfish
Trad climber
La Crescenta, CA
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If this gets a little fatter I might have to sneak in for a quick secret so cal lap.
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Feb 15, 2014 - 10:46pm PT
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Recent pics of Ice on the Eastside
Lee Vining, Caveman, WI 5,
Lee Vining, Comrade Corner, WI 4
June Lake Roadside, Doug Nidever, Doug Robinson, Dave Miller
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Flanders!
Trad climber
June Lake, CA
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Feb 23, 2014 - 12:10pm PT
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The ice in Lee Vining is still very good, somewhat amazing given the temps on the Eastside in recent weeks.
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Mark Not-circlehead
climber
Martinez, CA
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Anybody know how low the snow line is on the hwy? I gotta go up to park line (don't ask, long story), and wondering how far I will be walking up a dry road before I can ski. Hoping it's below Ellery lake at least.
Anybody been to the gate/ or up the canyon in the last few days?
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emunsing
Trad climber
Berkeley, CA
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Any updates on ice in Tahoe? There's been a lot of precipitation; are things fat or blown out? I'm specifically thinking Eagle Creek Canyon and Lake Audrain...
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briham89
Big Wall climber
san jose and south lake tahoe, ca
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It has been very warm in Tahoe. I haven't been up eagle creek canyon in awhile, but I drove by cascade lake today to look at the falls, and from the road it looked like they were just flowing and not frozen at all.
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Bryan Estelle
climber
Escondido
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As of Friday, Chouinard Falls is still in but the "Main Falls" are not at all.
Take snow shoes for the approach if possible.
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Roots
Mountain climber
Tustin, CA
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Mar 17, 2014 - 11:19am PT
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Ice is still up there!!
We were there on Saturday (3/15). The approach had plenty of snow and packed well. We started the approach at 6:30a and the temp was 23 degrees so the track was well frozen.
I only post holed once on the way down to the truck when it was about 75 degrees....hot..
Main wall had ice in the center from top to bottom. Chouinard Falls had some "good" ice. The Tree Route and the rest to its right were bare.
Go get it!
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