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Has anyone been over Kearsarge Pass or over to Rae Lakes recently? How were the snow conditions, any postholing? Thanks...

Anyone got info for Split Mountain?

road to trailhead clear of snow?

How far up is the trail clear of snow?

Is the miserable talus all covered up with a nice firm smooth layer of snow?

Anyone else heading up that way memorial day weekend?


Or are there any other decent 13-14ers between lone pine and big pine that might be worth doing with the current snow conditions this weekend? Looking for moderate class 2, ...

Anyone know what the Dana Couloir conditions are these days?

Anyone care to venture a guess as to what the route will be like about 10 days from now?

Thanks.

Planning to check it out in about 3 weeks. Any suggestions for route choice? I'm up for anything up to 5.9. I'll be doing it as part of a pre-conditioning program for a month in Europe later in the summer, so I'm looking for something well-protected and not too scary.

Here is a trip report with great pictures from Phil Brown. Great Slideshow
http://www.mtsanjacinto.info/viewtopic. ... 8&start=30

Trip report from the Hike Up group lower down (on page 3)

Snow on Skyline 5/23/10
http://www.mtsanjacinto.info/viewtopic.php?t=2278

Looking for somewhere to go backpacking this weekend. Somewhere on the West Side, somewhere further north (coming from Bay Area). Are there any decent low elevation (read: snow free this time of year) spots folks can suggest? I was thinking somewhere off Hwy 108 or Hwy 4 or Hwy 88. Any ideas? I'd appreciate it.

Hey all,

I've got TOPO! verson 3.4.2 (copyright 2004), and I switched to Win7 OS recently and at first thought I wasn't going to be able to use it anymore. I got a grey screen on 7.5' map layer.

So I bought the newer version copyright 2010 since it was on sale, but haven't opened it because I just got the old version to work.

Is the new version worth it?

Things I dislike immensely ...

Hey all
I've been working on an itinerary to get into Big Arroyo this July, and I was wondering if there is a way to cross over directly from BA into the Kaweah Basin on the eastern side of the Kaweah ridge? Anyone have experience in the area that might know of a way to get over and back?

Thanks

There was an ice wall in Pasadena today for Caltech's Ditch Day!







Rest of pictures with narration

If not Tuesday, it sounds like it will be open by Memorial Day Weekend - That's what they are saying at the Interagency Visitors' Center.