Hey artrock - nice to have met you on the trail on Saturday.

Likewise, while I didn't know it was you at the time Scott M., it was nice to have chatted with you too (near Loch Leven). Quite the impressive run to say the least.

Perhaps it was SummitPost day on the Piute Pass trail.......

Cheers,

Shawn

Nice to meet you too, Shawn!

Do you remember the guy we saw further up the trail? He and I also stopped and talked for a spell. Turns out that he too lives here in South OC (told me he lurks on SP occasionally, but hasn't joined because of all the drama... too funny! ) .

Shawn,
Great talking to you, too. Maybe if I had run to the pass I would have run into Artrock,too!

Regarding Horton Lakes Trail. There is no snow all the way to the top of Mt. Tom

Anyone been up around Conness/North Peak? Wondering if the NW Ridge of North Peak and N Ridge of Conness are relatively snow free..

Piute Pass last weekend




View south from Emerson, Palisade Group on the left and Darwin on the right border




Humphreys

fogey wrote:Does anyone have any idea what things look like up Horton Creek, or up the road toward Mt. Tom? Thinking about a little Memorial Day peakbagging, maybe camping as high as Upper Horton Lakes, and trying to figure out how much snow to prepare for . . .

Four Gables from Horton Lake last weekend:




Required BetaLight shot




Camp intrusion




Nearby mine




The miners appear to be out on strike

dshoshone wrote:Regarding Horton Lakes Trail. There is no snow all the way to the top of Mt. Tom

Is that on the Class 2, standard route, up from the mine? Thought I looked over that way from "Mono Pass Peak" last weekend and saw a decent amount of snow on that face still? Although, perhaps I am mixing up peaks?

Any way to find out the night time temps? I'm just getting back into backpacking and climbing and so my gear selection is limited. I was thinking of doing Mount Gould this weekend but not sure if my bag is up to it.

Bikebro wrote:Any way to find out the night time temps? I'm just getting back into backpacking and climbing and so my gear selection is limited. I was thinking of doing Mount Gould this weekend but not sure if my bag is up to it.

Looks like lows in the low 20s to low 30s this weekend depending on specific location.

This point forecast for about 11,000 feet elevation around Gould should give you some idea (you can type in Onion Valley, Mount Gould, etc.):

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=36.7796569&lon=-118.37815280000001&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=Mount%20Gould%2C%20Kings%20Canyon%20National%20Park%2C%20California%2C%20USA

Eastern Slopes forecast:

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?zoneid=CAZ519

Tried climbing Mt Dade out of Rock Creek this morning but decided to turn back at the Hourglass due to rockfall -- a couple of softball-sized rocks shot past a few feet away when I was a third of the way up the couloir. Pity, the snow at mid-morning was perfect for crampons.

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granite4brains wrote:Is that on the Class 2, standard route, up from the mine? Thought I looked over that way from "Mono Pass Peak" last weekend and saw a decent amount of snow on that face still? Although, perhaps I am mixing up peaks?

Yeah the cl.2 from Horton Lakes, walking up the road. I hiked up to Gable Lakes a few weeks ago and could see the top of Mt. Tom the SW face and there wasn't any snow that I could see.
I also hiked to Horton Lakes about 3 weeks ago and there was very little snow even then. Driving by there this morning it doesn't look like there would be any snow walking up the road that puts you within 1000 ft. of the top.

Any recent snow condition beta on Dana Couloir?
Twice this week I've found great snow climbing conditions near Emerson Lake and the snow slope from Trail Camp to Trail Crest. Hoping Dana is ready too.

dshoshone wrote:[

granite4brains wrote:Is that on the Class 2, standard route, up from the mine? Thought I looked over that way from "Mono Pass Peak" last weekend and saw a decent amount of snow on that face still? Although, perhaps I am mixing up peaks?

Yeah the cl.2 from Horton Lakes, walking up the road. I hiked up to Gable Lakes a few weeks ago and could see the top of Mt. Tom the SW face and there wasn't any snow that I could see.
I also hiked to Horton Lakes about 3 weeks ago and there was very little snow even then. Driving by there this morning it doesn't look like there would be any snow walking up the road that puts you within 1000 ft. of the top.

great, thanks. Sounds tempting to head up there

Deb wrote:Any recent snow condition beta on Dana Couloir?
Twice this week I've found great snow climbing conditions near Emerson Lake and the snow slope from Trail Camp to Trail Crest. Hoping Dana is ready too.

From a friend last weekend:



Crapola, Deb: I think I need to play hookie from work for a day next week so we can ski this!

In other news: when nap rocks ATTACK!!

Fine day to get wind blasted and sunburnt!