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| reachmp | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: May 29, 2005  | |
| 3 of us (Ajay, Akshay and me) climbed up and skied down. Ajay summitted up the true summit, while Milind climbed up the northernmost crag. All 3 of us skied down from the north ridge, down the NW facing slopes down to crater lake. We packed our skis from there, walking back down via the dirt road that comes up to crater lake, to our car parked at that spot earlier that morning. Parking the car at this spot 4.9 miles from Carson pass allowed us much better skiing on the norther slopes. A great day of skiing. Who says it's time to hang up those skis for summer ? | |
| Posted May 30, 2005 10:35 pm | ||
| TDRoberts | Route Climbed: From Carson Pass Date Climbed: December 5 2005 | |
| Great snowshoe climb from Carson Pass on a great day to be in the backcountry. Met several skiers making turns off RLP - something else to take up in the future. | |
| Posted May 12, 2005 10:20 pm | ||
| Scott Pierce | Route Climbed: East Ridge Date Climbed: April 26, 2005 | |
| Booted up on a long lunch (the kind where you don't bother to go back to work!) from Hope Valley. I was just going to get 1000 feet of elevation gain for a workout and a few turns, but I ended up going uphill until I summited. Near the top, I talked to some snowboarders who had staged a car in Hope Valley and then driven up to Carson Pass. I got the distinct impression that they thought I was nuts for walking up from Hope Valley. Anyway, I had a great ski down and was back in Markleeville in time to pick up my wife when she got off work at 5. | |
| Posted Apr 29, 2005 7:36 pm | ||
| blmcclain | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: 2 April 2005 | |
| Summitted with rgreene after a late start. Ditched the snowshoes on the lower ridge just above the snowpark as the snow was windblown and firm. To add some excitement, we scrambled up the Class 3 section just above the lower ridge and below the saddle. Made the summit in 2 hours and nearly got blown off the peak by the 50 mph+ winds. Great 360 deg views from the summit. Highly recommended peak! | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2005 8:36 pm | ||
| rgreene | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: 2 April 2005 | |
| Summitted with blmcclain. Passed Eric L and bros on their way down - Brian and I took a fun class 3 rock variant between the snow chutes to the summit. 3.5 hour roundtrip including too much time on the deadly cold windy summit! | |
| Posted Apr 3, 2005 3:17 am | ||
| Eric L | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: 2 April 2005 | |
| I climbed this peak with my bros Ryan and Abi. We climbed up a chute on the south side of the peak. It was windy as hell but also a lot of fun. To reach the summit we did some mixed climbing. | |
| Posted Apr 2, 2005 10:16 pm | ||
| kovarpa | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: November 20, 2004 | |
| Nice 2.5 hour hike in a fine company of Vendulka, Kris and Shannon. Windy as hell. | |
| Posted Nov 23, 2004 12:16 am | ||
| Felsberg | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Nov 14, 2004 | |
| Climbed with Johnny, Steve, and Jan - Snowshoed up the SW ridge and skied off the west face. The summit crags were made exciting by partial snow cover. The snow was a bit heavy but the descent was still a blast. | |
| Posted Nov 15, 2004 1:09 pm | ||
| txmountaineer | Route Climbed: Dusty Couloir to Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: October 08, 2004 | |
| My wife and I climbed up from Carson Pass during our trip to the Tahoe area for my birthday weekend. The conditions were grand except for the nasty side-hilling required to enter the gulley. I'll post a trip report shortly. Daniel | |
| Posted Oct 12, 2004 4:04 pm | ||
| Jonodo | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: October 11, 2004 | |
| Unbelievably windy and cold!!! At times I was almost pushed over by it. I guess the direction was ok in that it plastered me to the rock on the final class 3 or 4 summit block. Snapped a few photos and bailed. Super clear views. I could see all the way to Tower Peak, about 45 miles...see pics. | |
| Posted Oct 11, 2004 8:26 pm | ||
| tahoeberne | Route Climbed: SW Rdige Date Climbed: Circa 1988 | |
| This whole area is beautiful both summer and winter. | |
| Posted Aug 13, 2004 11:06 pm | ||
| John | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Aug 5, 2004 | |
| Hiked with Josh and Ryle. Nice views and a fun summit block. | |
| Posted Aug 6, 2004 12:18 pm | ||
| chskier | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: May 31, 2004 | |
| Ascended the gully between Castle Rock and Red Lake Peak then descended the Southwest Ridge. Nice little half day hike with a fun scamble to the top for rewarding views of Round Top, Tahoe, Desolation and so forth. Can't wait to ski it next season. | |
| Posted Jun 1, 2004 12:41 am | ||
| hyperbolictans | Route Climbed: southwest ridge Date Climbed: 7th march 04 | |
| perfect weather for a hike/climb up. Snow is compactifying after more than a week w/o precipitation. started off from trailhead at 9:45am, summitted at 12:30pm. my first solo winter ascent I was inexperienced and a bit blind and went up towards the wrong false summit, (to the highpoint southwest of the 'real' false summit) b4 realizing my mistake. Climbed up the summit crag from the east. As this novice climber realized, climbing down the crag is more difficult than climbing up. | |
| Posted Mar 8, 2004 12:32 pm | ||
| derbilly | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: February 9, 2003 | |
| It's fun climbing the knobby conglomerate. We encountered some coyotes on the way down. | |
| Posted Feb 24, 2004 3:23 am | ||
| scottfromcali | Route Climbed: Std. route PCT east to summit? Date Climbed: March 20. 2002 | |
| I climbed this peak solo 3 times (twice in winter) its fun, straight forward, with amazing views of Round Top, Hope Valley, Lake Tahoe, Mice Lake, Cables lake. A beautiful winter playground in this backcountry. Oh yes, windy. | |
| Posted Dec 12, 2003 12:31 pm | ||
| Felsberg | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge Date Climbed: June 1 | |
| Fun hike with a small but fun summit crag. Highly recommend traverse to Steven's Peak. Descent was straight down from Steven's Peak to hjghway, followed by a short hitch-hike back to car. PICS | |
| Posted Jun 10, 2003 1:49 pm | ||
| keema | Route Climbed: Southwest Ridge? Date Climbed: April 19, 2003 | |
| With a fresh layer of snow, Joel and I headed straight out of the parking lot toward the summit. Our route was actually pretty much parallel to the ridge but below it until the large crag a bit below and south of the false summit. Ditched the snow shoes as most of the snow up here had been blown off. Make sure you not only get the parking permit but dispaly it. I had mine but forgot to put it on the dash (how stupid) and now have the $75 ticket. I will be fighting it. Was able to send in a copy of my permit and $10 and all is forgiven | |
| Posted Apr 20, 2003 7:44 am | ||
| Bob Burd | Route Climbed: SW Ridge Date Climbed: Jun 22, 1998 / Feb 16, 2002 / May 13, 2005 | |
| An easy climb from Carson Pass, climbed this after climbing Round Top earlier in the day. Trip Report In 2005 did a traverse from Carson Pass to Luther Pass with Matthew. Nice spring day. Trip Report | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2003 7:36 pm | ||
| Matthew Holliman | Route Climbed: SW ridge Date Climbed: Mar 8, 2003; Dec 13, 2003; May 13, 2005 | |
| Very fun climb. First time, I climbed the face of the summit block directly--good holds and great fun. The second time I climbed it with Bob in a driving snowstorm; we found Yamagata's gully and tagged the summit the easy way. The third time was with Bob again; this time, we traversed from Carson Pass over to Luther Pass (tagging Red Lake, Stevens, and Waterhouse), hitching a ride back to our car. Fun day. | |
| Posted Mar 14, 2003 3:59 pm | ||
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