Dates: Saturday, July 30 – Sunday, July 31, 2011 Locations: Indian Springs & Donner Summit Climbers: Alex, Colin & Nick Photos: Alex & Nick (as accredited) – although virtually 99.9% of the shots in this TR are Alex’s Synopsis: Ultimately, this was a great weekend of moderate climbing with some good buddies. I honestly haven’t [...]
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TR: Indian Springs & Donner Summit
Posted in Climbing, North Lake Tahoe on August 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
TR: Breaking Trail – Silver Peak
Posted in Backcountry Skiing, North Lake Tahoe on January 3, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Date: Wednesday, December 29, 2010 Skiers: Colin & Nick Location: Silver Peak (Tahoe Backcountry) Summary: Colin and I headed out to the low-angle trees near Silver Peak for some storm day skiing. We skinned up an access road and through low-angle meadows with the intention to ski low angle trees and avoid any avy terrain [...]
TR: Storm Day Skiing at Alpine Meadows
Posted in North Lake Tahoe on January 25, 2010 | 10 Comments »
Location: Alpine Meadows Date: Saturday, January 23, 2010 Skier/Boarder: Nick & Kenny Photographers: Nick & Kenny (as noted) Synopsis: This past week, Tahoe got on average 6-7 feet of snow from Sunday-Friday. With Matt, Kenny and Dan in town for the weekend, we headed over the Alpine Meadows on Saturday to partake in some of [...]
TR: Tahoe Grab Bag – Kirkwood, Carson Pass & Mt. Rose Backcountry, Alpine Meadows
Posted in Backcountry Skiing, North Lake Tahoe, South Lake Tahoe on January 5, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Locations & Dates: Kirkwood – Thursday, December 31, 2009 Carson Pass Backcountry – Thursday, December 31, 2009 – Friday, January 1, 2010 Mt. Rose Backcountry – Friday, January 1, 2010 Alpine Meadows – Saturday, January 2, 2010 Skiers: Nick & Jonathan Photographers: Nick (except as otherwise noted as Jonathan) Synopsis: With the holiday weekend approaching, [...]
TR: School House Rock, Donner Summit (“Junior High Crack” Route)
Posted in Climbing, North Lake Tahoe on October 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Location: School House Rock, Donner Summit Date: July 25, 2009 Climbers: Jared & Nick Photographer: Nick School House Rock is one of the many climbing areas in and around Donner Summit in North Lake Tahoe. We got up to the base of School House Rock around 8:15. There was one party starting the first pitch [...]
TR: Silver Peak (1-3-09)
Posted in Backcountry Skiing, North Lake Tahoe on October 7, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Location: Silver Peak, CA Date: Saturday, January 3, 2009 Skiers: Colin & Nick Photographer: Nick Weather: Clear skies, intermittent clouds, temps from 15-30 Avalanche Conditions: LOW, with pockets of MODERATE on N-NE aspects over 37 degrees (from the Sierra Avalanche Center). Our observations while skiing indicated a strong snow pack. No serious sluffing or visible signs [...]
