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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Topic Author's Original Post - May 5, 2015 - 10:19pm PT
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For those wondering about conditions in Tuolumne, here are some photos taken on opening day and the day after. North-facing slopes above ~ 10,000 ft have snow at the base.
Fair amount of snow on NE-side approach to Tenaya peak.
Cathedral Peak
Unicorn Peak
Dozier Dome - hard to see in these photos but most of the water streaks had water running down
Third Pillar
Boltway on Stately Pleasure Dome was dry
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Mike Bolte
Trad climber
Planet Earth
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Thanks! Nice.
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Ed H
Trad climber
Santa Rosa, CA
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Thanks for the opening day stoke!
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Topic Author's Reply - May 5, 2015 - 11:42pm PT
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BITD, this would be early to mid-July conditions
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crankster
Trad climber
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Happy it's open...but wow, it's going to be a long, hot summer.
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Spider Savage
Mountain climber
The shaggy fringe of Los Angeles
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I was in the Valley last week and also estimate that water levels are like July in a normal year.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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tuolumne _tradster....Thanks so much for the photos...
So wonderful to see photos of Beautiful.. Tuolumne....so sad to see so little snow in the high country...
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Greg Barnes
climber
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Any skeeters? A good rule of thumb for Tuolumne is no mosquitos for the first 2 weeks after the pass opens.
They start appearing at Lembert Dome and the store area first.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Topic Author's Reply - May 6, 2015 - 01:09pm PT
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no skeeters yet
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johntp
Trad climber
socal
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Gonna be a hard year for the animules and trees.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Packing as we speak......can't wait til I get back. I am so, so blessed. I never in my life would have imagined I would be spending my spring/summer/ falls here.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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How many on ST have actually been to Tuolumne and the Eastside?
If so, what's your best memory/adventure?
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Delhi Dog
climber
Good Question...
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Ah, sweet-thanks!
Lynne I have so many memories I wouldn't know where to start.
Suffice to say, it is my favorite place on the planet. I just feel at home there.
Hope to talk Nita + Andy into a trip this summer there.
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Lynne Leichtfuss
Trad climber
Will know soon
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Delhi, your post totally intrigues me. Just pick the first memory and write us a sweet story here. Doesn't have to be long.
Cheers to you QITNL. See ya in the beauty. :)
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WindRiverWildman
Trad climber
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Hi Lynne - memorable Tuolumne days...
My parents sent me to Royal Robbin's RockCraft school as a graduation present. Royal and I climbed the Dike route on Pywiak on a perfect Yosemite day.
Years later, a friend and I were climbing the route. I was leading the pitch above a belay alcove and 15-20 feet above my climbing partner without any pro. The lead starts up the left side of the alcove and then moves back right above the alcove.
My partner realized I was directly above him and would fall on him if I came off - so he moved over and ended up giving me a huge tug on the rope while I was on 5.8/5.9 moves. It nearly pulled me off and cause EXACTLY what he was afraid of! But I'm a great runout friction/face climber and managed to stay connected to the rock!
My friend has been a safe and reliable partner for many years (we all make mistakes) - my friend bought all the beers that night! And I needed a few of them!
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micronut
Trad climber
Fresno/Clovis, ca
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Thanks for the stoke!
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qigongclimber
climber
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Here are some photos taken Wed May 6. Trail to SE Buttress is free of snow except for a few feet here and there. I saw a few small mosquitos in a few places.
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dave729
Trad climber
Western America
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Snowing up there today.
On the Badger pass cam looks like an inch or 3.
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nita
Social climber
chica de chico, I don't claim to be a daisy.
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Yup,
good to see wet weather in the high country...Anyone have pictures from Tuolumne today?
and
some Lee Vining weather.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Topic Author's Reply - May 7, 2015 - 05:53pm PT
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good to see wet weatherin the high country have to agree with you Nita
Looks like our opening day Tuolumne conditions photos are now out-of-date
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Gregory Crouch
Social climber
Walnut Creek, California
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Best memories of Tuloumne? The summer of '93, spent a big chunk of it up there, most of it climbing with a certain very memorable girl and with Greg Corliss, a friend who'd come up from Mammoth and Bishop. Haven't seen either of them in years. Does anyone know if Greg is still in the game? As of about 15-18 years ago he owned Country Glass on the main drag in Bishop. We did some great climbs together. One of the highlights was "Scavenger," left of Lucky Streaks. An underrated classic, in my opinion, with a gobsmacking little cave high on the route.
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tuolumne_tradster
Trad climber
Leading Edge of North American Plate
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Topic Author's Reply - May 8, 2015 - 09:17am PT
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Speaking of Tuolumne favorites...the guy on the right. So many times we ran into TM on Cathedral Peak, South Crack, in front of the store, Lembert Dome, etc. He always brightened our day with humorous tales of climbing adventures and misadventures.
I was honored that TM would take a photo with me.
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