Since someone was asking about this: I just heard that I now have a Mt. Whitney permit - so if you've applied you should be hearing soon. And if your credit...
A quick question, how easy would it be to arrange a "shuttle" between Whitney Portal and Horseshoe Meadow? What I'm thinking is leaving my car at one or the...
Does anyone know how limited the parking is at the Rock Creek Sno-Park Parking area? Do they plow the parking area? I'm headed up there on April 8th, so I'm...
Only the second time this year I've gotten up to the Sierra. The primary purpose was to snowboard, but I managed to get some snowshoeing in to the Calaveras...
I am planning on doing the Mountaineers Route on Whitney in mid-late july. My climbing partner has recently bailed on me and although I will still go by...
15 inches of new snow and more on the way. So I decided go snowboarding this weekend instead of trying to find something to climb. I might try to hit up the...
Is anyone interested in doing Mt San Jacinto either the weekend of March 11-12 or 18-19? It would be a daytrip. It is dependent upon the weather as we are...
Just curious what the policy is on the Mount Whitney trail for bear canisters. Will I need to have one of these for a one-night overnight? Do they have bear...
Just a quick update and with the recent snow who knows what the situation is now. Innocently tried to go snowshoeing in the Ralston Peak area off highway 50...
For my flexible boots I have a pair of Kahtoola crampons. They're light and as Bob pointed out you are more likely to take them along. The only disadvantage...
I think it's still a touch early for permits to appear. Interestingly enough, in year's past, the first indication that I have that the permit went through is...
I thought Southern California was supposed to be warm. Matthew, Glenn, and I were hiking in the San Gabriels this weekend, and though there wasn't a great deal...
Yeah, not a sierra scrambles question, but I'd love to get some feedback on crampons from y'all. I'll be using them for light glacier travel in regular boots...
You pretty much have to be county highpointer to have ever heard of this obscure little bump tucked away in the northwest corner of Yolo County. And if you...
I'm not sure if any body on this list has followed the updates on Jean-Christophe Lafaille on other sites, but since I haven't seen it mentioned here I'll post...
Just a reminder that Feb is the time you can apply for a permit for the Mt. Whitney main trail and that Feb starts on Wed! You can get a permit form at: ...
I plan to appyly for a backpacking pertmit on 2/15/06 for entry/exit over Bishop Pass 8/14 through 8/17. Goal is to reach lake outlets to Rambaud Creek...
The day before last week's storm came through northern California, Matthew and I had a fine outing in the Carson Pass area to three of the peaks along Blue...
Hi Steve, I don't ski well enough yet to join you (am working on it!) but do you ever rent out your ski house as it sounds (er) heavenly (sorry :). We could...
Looking for backcountry ski partners [Tahoe & other weekend trips] I'm looking for some (experienced & equipped) backcountry ski or boarding partners who like...
Happy New Year, everyone! So as an early birthday present to myself, I've decided that I'm going to attempt Mt. Rainer this summer. It would be more technical...
This is kind of a long shot, but a couple of guys are heading over to Lee Vining Canyon this weekend to climb some ice, and have room in their motel room &...
In addition to the references previously given, There also are 17 trip reports on climber.org: http://climber.org/TripReports/ByPeakR.html and my own report...
Thanks, Rob. When you say "RMI", what are you referring to? Is that an alpine guide group or just the general experience of attempting Mt. Rainier. I'm kind...
Just to let folks know. Yesterday I was at Royal Gorge Cross-Country skiing area (http://www.royalgorge.com) near Soda Springs and there's plenty of snow in...
American Alpine Institute (http://www.aai.cc) has an excellent reputation, and does guided ascents of Rainier. RMI is the more common guide service and the...
HPS peakbagging, large telescopes, teaching my son to trespass: http://www.snwburd.com/bob/trip_reports/high_point_n1_1.html The hiking we did wasn't a whole...
All this wet weather back in San Jose gave me a chance to catch up on trip reports. This last was the day before the Palomar adventure; I set out by myself to...
