Went for a walk above all the walls all the way down to above the "Green Wall" this afternoon before the Pass closes for the season. There are three good flowing water sources above the Main and also over towards the B/H. As you can see by my photo, the ice is forming nicely on both C and Main Walls with Photo CS and other in between routes towards the B/H, starting to show clear signs of ice forming. My gut tells me that the B/H will be surprisingly "IN", early, and then form fatter as the season progresses. Pray to the Ice God that my gut is right!




PS: It is beginning to snow here in Hilton Creek and the temp is dropping fast!

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Looking for Lee Vining and Horsetail Falls conditions please.

Deb wrote:bump

Looking for Lee Vining and Horsetail Falls conditions please.

It will be a while before anyone gets back there and checks.

Over 8 feet of snow and counting since last Friday.

AVY Conditions are dangerous as hell right now. I heard Caltrans blasting on McGee and I willing to bet that Cynder Hill and any other aspect close to 395 are in dire AVY conditions.

Chief,
Any idea as to when Mono County will plow Poole Power Plant road? I guess the good thing is that the beginning talus approach (and the narrows section) will all now be buried.
--Miguel

Don't think it makes much of a difference. Narrow canyon. Lots of snow (that's still falling if I'm correct). You'll want to give it some time to settle.

Pity though. Good ice early, then the huge dump. Isn't that always the way?

forjan wrote:Chief,
Any idea as to when Mono County will plow Poole Power Plant road? I guess the good thing is that the beginning talus approach (and the narrows section) will all now be buried.
--Miguel

Just got off the phone with my County buddy there in LV. Bottom line, they have so many bigger fish to fry, avy's, flooding record snowfall etc that the PP is waaaaay down on the priority list. Unfortunately, with Edison updating all their eq this summer and pretty much automating it via satelite coms, they don't need to get back there as often as they use to. If they do, they have the DWP Cat available to get them back there if need be.

Will keep ya all informed as to the road condition etc.

Looks plowed for the moment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRDCH8EAezI