This past weekend was about as good as it gets around here! Perfect weather, great snow conditions, and coverage to the valley floor. I hope you all got out and enjoyed it. The Whitney Portal Road is closed at the usual winter closure, and there is snow right at the sign. The temps have been getting quite warm during the day, so that might change soon.
Lake Sabrina is frozen, making for easier access into the upper basin. But these warm days will take care of that very quickly. So if there is something up there that you’d like to ski in winter conditions, get it sooner than later.
Here’s a few shots from the last few days:
Tinemaha:
Tinemaha:
Cardinal:
Split:
Tinemaha:
Lone Pine Peak:
Sabrina Basin:
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Winter is here! We have finally received a solid base of snow. Most regions are now at or close to 100% of their snowpack for this time of year, thanks to a series of storms that dropped close to 10 feet of snow last week.
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After nearly 2 months of minimal snowfall, we finally received a good dump last week. This was a classic Sierra “base building” storm, dropping nearly 5 feet of cement over the upper elevations.
Though the snowpack is still quite thin, this storm filled in just enough to make things skiable.
On Friday, Scott, Jon and I headed out to North Lake to find something to ski. Our initial plan was to go towards Piute Pass, but we didn’t make it that far. The first chute that came into view looked good, so we opted for a short day and up we went…..
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The promise of the first real storm has marked the beginning of this new season. Though it’s all rain in town right now, the mountains are expecting a good coat of snow above 10,000 feet.
So I figured it was time to share some of my favorites from last season. We started last season with a similar storm, though it came a few weeks later in the year. All rain in town left perfect early-season riding at the higher elevations. Here’s hoping tonight’s storm delivers the same…..
Brian’s first turn of the 08/09 season:
Lake George
Joe on Bloody Mountain:
Dana Plateau:
Toby and Buddy climbing Ski Dreams:
Crystal Crag:
Morgan North:
Morrisons:
Juan climbing Mt Walt:
and skiing:
Buttermilks:
Brian climbing Mt Wood:
Below Kettle Peak:
Incredible Hulk Left:
Little Slide Canyon
Camp Below Mt Muir:
White Fang:
Carson Peak
Forest climbing Mt Emerson
Jason below Mt Baldwin:
Picture Peak:
Chris Below Mt Gilbert:
Dropping into Deerhorn:
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