News of Regional Boards - North America

I just finished reading the excellent book Crazy for the Storm, which is primarily about surviving a plane crash on Ontario Peak. Now I want to know the precise location of the crash site. Does anyone know?

Hi,

Planning on heading down for some winter ascents late dec or early jan. Hopeing to spend a week or so.

Anyways I have some various questions I've had problems finding answers too.

Accessibility = Last year I was down there the biggest problem I had was getting near some of the 14ers I'm looking in the area of Evans/bierstads/grays torreys

Or

Bross/lincoln/quandary/cameron/democrat

If anyone could reccomend which area I might have better luck getting ...

Looks like the Sonora Pass (Hwy 108) is closed already.

wondering if anyone has made the trek out there in last few days? if so what was your setup?? skis, snowshoes, just boots ? thanks..

Yesterday (November 14) was the first below zero of the season. It was -3F at the house and 0F officially downtown (we were actually out camping and it was a warmer 7F there).

Right now it is slightly warmer at -1F, so we're in a warming trend. Time to break out the shorts?

According to the weather forecasts it should turn much milder and nights might be as warm as 16 by later in the ...

Woof!

http://www.denverpost.com/rawnews/ci_13748622

Fellow California Climbers,

I've just completed a significant update to my VRMC California Thirteeners site. I'm now using the Google Earth plugin to display interactive 3-D maps of the peaks on this and other peak lists. Here's a picture of what this support looks like in your browser after installing the plugin:

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Although this post is certainly a shameless act of self-promotion, I am finding the new Google Earth panel quite useful ...

Hey, if anyone is interested in joining me one or two weekends this winter in WI or the UP for some ice climbing please let me know. I'm looking to improve my lead climbing skills and hoping to find an experienced alpinist who would care to join me. Thanks Graham.

Botanical mystery unraveled on top of California mountain

Interesting article, though not as exciting as the latest wolverine news from the Sierra Nevada. :)

I was just wondering if anyone has ever climbed Mt. Mansfield in late November, or if anyone knows what the difficulty would be. Specifically, are crampons necessary?