I'm interested in going up the Dana couloir as an ice climb in about a month or so, and was interested in conditions. Sounds like there is a fair amount of...
Maybe three of us are going to meet at the McGee Creek trailhead, at 6:30 a.m., Saturday, to day climb Red Slate Mountain (13,163'). It's a 16 mile, 5,300'...
Saturday, August 28, 2004 Photos: http://community.webshots.com/album/181412214PssnLa My second time up the Mountaineer's Route, Calhiker and Steve's first....
On Friday, August 27, 2004, I day hiked from South Lake in the Eastern Sierra to the Summit of Mount Agassiz. It was a beautiful clear day in the Sierra and I...
Hey Matthew, I know the Sierra Scrambling season is winding down, but I am now back in Cali for good. At this moment I am looking for a place to live, so cant...
I just posted my report from our Dusy Basin trip. It is still missing two easy-going days, I will add them sometime later when I find time. In the meantime,...
I'm thinking about the class3 Glacier Route up Conness. The route looks dry above the schrund, but plenty of snow/ice below the schrund. Here are the...
We came down the SW chute of Thunderbolt last week, and because of the rain and hail we roped up and wrapped off the chockstone section instead of trying the...
This past week Trailtrekker, Sdsierrahiker, and I took the Shepherd Pass Trail, which starts at about 6,000 feet in the Owen's Valley near Independence, to the...
Thanks for your post on Warren. I plan to give it a try this week via Eckert's route, even checked several waypoints on his map. Is there anything more you can...
I doubt anyone who posts on this site has ever climbed Homers Nose from the south fork trailhead, "the wild-route".But I live only 30 minutes from the...
I was considering not bothering with this post, but since it wasn't the normal route up, I thought I'd add my $0.02. Most of the trip reports I've read go all...
We're hitting T-Bolt, Starlight and North Palisade next week, and I am trying to make sure I understand the best method up the summit block on T-bolt. The...
I see Mount Tyndall is the site picture now. We did Tyndall yesterday - it is a nice climb up the North Rib. We got off the summit before the thunder clounds...
Thanks to Bob for his organizational efforts in this year's Sierra Challenge. Also, congrats to Bob on being the first person to persevere through all 10 days...
Turns out my trip overlapped (im)perfectly with Bob's Sierra Challenge. I was hoping to meet up with the crew to put faces with names . . . Spent 8 days up...
SnowDude and I backpacked from Shepherd Pass to North Fork Lone Pine, bagging Trojan Peak, Mt Williamson, Mt Barnard, Tunnaboro Peak, Mt Carillon, part way up...
Flat out: wow. The west ridge of Conness is one of the most incredible and thrilling hikes or climbs I've ever done. If you can climb/scamper around 5.5 or...
Hello everyone. joined this sight a month ago . Pretty impresed . I enjoy hiking and Ive allways went to the highest possible point when hiking . But I dont...
Drove up to Mineral King early yesterday morning and picked up our permit for the Sawtooth Pass traihead at 8am.Our destination was Crystal Lake and soon we...
Spent time at the condo in Mammoth this weekend. Slept in Saturday, then went for an easy hike around Mammoth Pass. Sunday we dayhiked Mt Morrison (12,268')...
Balaji and I had a fun on Sunday on Russell. We started off well, getting to UBSL in 2:40. We proceeded then on the "Rockwell Variation" but ran into a snag...
PHOTOS: http://community.webshots.com/album/167772559wUzzma Bob, Thanks for all your reports! Finally made it to Whoa Nellie Deli after hearing you guys talk...
"lakerguy_2001" Re: Monarch/Ampitheater Saddle wrote: "Oh and on our way down glacier pass, we ran into a female Ranger out of Mineral King. She would twice...
Going to be backpacking into Crystal lake in Mineral King next weekend.We want to climb Sawtooth from there,using the south ridge.I know the saddle between...
