hi all..
has anyone been up to eagle lake in tahoe this season?? Any clues on the best places to find some ice around there would be sweet...
Also my stoner partner has left me high and dry, i wont go into it. But if any of you nice summitposters are up for a bit of pre xmas ice or mixed around tahoe drop me a line.
415 713 8104...

cheers
PR

Check your PM's

any and all beta on this zone would be greatly appreciated!

I have hiked in to sunny falls twice sense November. The first weekend was the 29th of Nov and I could climb one line. Went back Dec. 9th and there was enough to put screws in for an anchor toTR it with multiply lines. The bolted mixed line to the left was not even close to being in. Nothing on the cliffs on the south side of the canyon before sunny falls as well. All that was 2 weeks ago and with the way the weather has been, I would say it has only gotten better. The approach was a PITA!!! Breaking trail in 2+ feet of powder the entire way. The lake was frozen at that time and im guessing it still is. 89 was closed due to Avy hazard so It took about 3+ hours to hike in with snowshoes and we were not going slow. Ive got pictures if you want to see... No clue on how to post them up but would be more then willing to e-mail them to someone and they could post them.

Curious to know how things fared after the warm temps last week

If you have pics, you can upload them to SP using the 'Create Page' link at the top left near 'Your Profile'. Click 'Image' and then Continue. I know you've done this before

Once you get the images on SP, you can post pics to forum threads by clicking the Img button. But first, open your image in another browser tab (or window) and select one of the sizes, such as 'Orig' or 'Med' and copy the URL from the browser window.

Then click Img in the forum page, paste in the URL you copied, and click Img again. This should result in bbCode like this -

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If you get around to attaching them to the Eagle Creek Canyon page somewhere (for example, Sunny Falls), that would be great too (but I can if it looks too hard).

nice one guys... cheers
4x4 i sent you a pm.
if i make it in there in the next few days ill post some pics.......

Picture...



Thanks rhyang I had a brain fart and could not remember for the life of me.

Went for a stroll up there yesterday. I didn't see anything in on the south side of the canyon except some thin slabs.



Cutty Sark - not there yet


Sunny Falls' right side looked climbable, though somewhat hacked out in places. Left side looked to have some hanging daggers.





The usual walk off/up to the left looked to be thin with lots of running water underneath. Walking up the slope to the right and then traversing left above the cliff worked out better.




The lake looked to be frozen and people were snowshoeing out on it. A few inches had fallen since the last steps .. a new dump of 6-12" is due by the end of today.



Full set here.

Thanks for the beta rhyang

Is there reasonable access to the top of the slabs to set up TR anchors on any of these?

See the Sunny Falls page -- walk up to the left or right. The left side looked a bit sketchy last time I was there, but may be better with more snow, so I went up the right (there were also tracks).

Also be careful to check the Central Sierra Avalanche Advisory beforehand .. someone was killed in the canyon (near Maggie's Peak I think) a year or two ago.