Let's plan to meet up at the Kirkwood Lodge after the climb on Saturday night as well! It's a tradition.

depclimb wrote:Chateau Petrus

Which year????

Both Carson Pass SnoParks can fill up on weekends . Shuttle pickups from Blue Lakes and Iron Mountain SnoParks might make sense. Those locations are on the California SnoPark website's location map .

hoser23 wrote:Sounds like a lot of fun. I will try to include myself.
Any date after February works. Is there a ski/snowshoe preference suggestion for this adventure? I actually do not own either.

Snowshoes ought to be fine. You can rent them at Marmot in Berkeley, and probably your local REI. Looks like there is also a list here.

rhyang wrote:

hoser23 wrote:Sounds like a lot of fun. I will try to include myself.
Any date after February works. Is there a ski/snowshoe preference suggestion for this adventure? I actually do not own either.

Snowshoes ought to be fine. You can rent them at Marmot in Berkeley, and probably your local REI. Looks like there is also a list here.

Snow shoes and skis can be rented at the Kirwood Cross country center just down the road.

So what are the prospective dates again? I might be up for a Crescent Moon ascent/Sister bowl ski descent.

I'm in

squishy wrote:

depclimb wrote:I'm in

You sure you can make it up that big hill? You're not taking the mule route are you?

Yeah! Give this a try right here:




I'm curious to know others' opinions!

I would like to join the trip if timing works out, but plan on doing something low-key.

I'll be riding a llama

I would like to do the couloir again. It's such a fun climb! Then dinner with wine at the Kirkwood Lodge (next to the Kirkwood XC Ski depot) Does it get any better than that???

Hey why isn't a destination on the Eastside mentioned? We all know that's where all the action is.

How about a climb of a 14'er? Then some sport climbing in the Alabama Hills. Noone wants to drive through the central valley to get to the goods on the west side.

Whilst I agree with Kev-bo about the site of the action, I'd like to see some other parts of the Sierra (actually, started skiing at Kirkwood but had no idea what I was looking at all those years of dropping in up there).

Soooo... I think some crazy girl with a silly hat might make the migration northwest...

Kevin: Stop at Indian Wells on your way up and we'll trade for some Amador Zinfandel...

HandjamMasterC wrote:

Hey why isn't a destination on the Eastside mentioned? We all know that's where all the action is.

How about a climb of a 14'er? Then some sport climbing in the Alabama Hills. Noone wants to drive through the central valley to get to the goods on the west side.

Because it would be harder to get a group together for a 14er, and unless you plan on everybody climbing it in one day and back from the car, you would need a wilderness permit. A one day trip like this will allow more people to go. Plus, everybody is busy in the summer when a 14er might actually be climb-able!

You need a wilderness permit in the winter? We can do a one day trip.

Diggler wrote:

squishy wrote:

depclimb wrote:I'm in

You sure you can make it up that big hill? You're not taking the mule route are you?

Yeah! Give this a try right here:




I'm curious to know others' opinions!

I would like to join the trip if timing works out, but plan on doing something low-key.

Southern aspect in March?! Eeeeeeeew!

I dunno, if I were meeting folks for the first time I'd want to do something relatively easy and doable in a day. I generally don't really want to do long trips with people I don't know, and I suspect most people feel the same. Round Top is a nice half- or 3/4-day excursion. Tuolumne has a lot of short routes.

If you want to do something in the winter on the east side, maybe a mammoth ski / board get-together ? Being a westsider I generally don't want to drive all the way over there unless there is something frozen and blue involved - it's a lot of gas money to go slogging. If I want a winter adventure, Lassen / Shasta / Sequoia are only 5 hours from my house vs. 9 hours for Bishop or Lone Pine.