Yesterday, Pen and I hiked up the North Gully of Tahquitz trying to scramble up the NE Rib. Right off Humber Park we encountered about an inch of hard snow covering the talus. The higher we got, the thicker the snow cover became. At the base of the rock, I noticed a thin layer of ice covering the exits from the North Face above the Larks. Pen saw frozen snow on the NE Rib. We bailed. The North side of Tahquitz is in the winter mode and will stay that way for a while.

Get up there before it's gone!

IT'S OVER FOR NOW. Was up Register Ridge yesterday. The Bowl dry as dust. Only looking across the way to north facing slopes could you still see some snow at about 8,000' and above. San Antonio Falls were still running pretty good though.

Mountain Impulse wrote:IT'S OVER FOR NOW. Was up Register Ridge yesterday. The Bowl dry as dust. Only looking across the way to north facing slopes could you still see some snow at about 8,000' and above. San Antonio Falls were still running pretty good though.

Mt Baden-Powell trail (photo above) is north facing, as are Cucamonga Peak and Ontario Peak trails.

The forecast is sunny and dry as far as the eye can see. El Nino in action

Yesterday on San Jacinto ~10K ft elev:

North side of Tahquitz- UPDATE-Looks better today, a bit less frozen snow. We scrambled up the NE Rib being extremely careful not to slip on ice, there is still some of it on the rock. The South side is sunny, warm and climbable. Descent from Lunch Rock has a bit of hard snow here and there,nothing bad or major.

About an inch or two of snow on the ground in Idyllwild this morning. It is snowing quite a bit right now. I can hear snow plows on the highway. The ridges on Tahquitz Peak above us look really nice, a glimpse of winter?

As I was coming over the Cajon Pass this morning, what I could see of the mountains looked pretty snowy.

Woke up this morking to the first snow of the season on San Gorgonio! ~4" and we couldnt try for the summit, we had to leave a day earlier then expected! But still San G wilderness is beautiful in winter!

-Jace

In Idy for the tree lighting ceremony tonite and got snowed on pretty good. It was fantastic!

6 to 9 inches up in Big Bear, so there must be a foot of snow on San Gorgonio.

a few minutes before the tree lighting ceremony, i snapped this shot. not a bad window view... i then quickly finished a fine ale and took the twins to see santa!
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great pic x15x15!

It was beautiful up on San Jacinto yesterday.



Hiked to the peak via Round Valley from the tram. There was only about 2 to 3 inches and a well trampled trail.