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Nice report Pilot. Got a picture of what conditions of the bowl looks like right now? Sure, here are a few: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i274/albums/jj265/tdpilot/hiking/baldy_08mar2008/baldy1.jpg https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i274/albums/jj265/tdpilot/hik...

Nice report Pilot.
Got a picture of what conditions of the bowl looks like right now?

So sorry to read of your Dad, Jim.
My belated condolences to you and you family.

Petzl Tikka = yuck....no power(cant see squat), no distance, what else? Why not just use a flashlight? Why; so you can use two hands for tools, piolet, poles, climbing, checking maps, cooking etc. It gets tough with a flashlight clenched in your teeth after a while. :wink: Nothing wrong with the Ti...

I brought only a cordalette and a couple nuts for emergency purposes.

Classic Rick Kent ..

Thanks for the TR, good to see there's some snow still left up there.
Praying for another good dumping to replenish it.

Looks like they've got a bit of work to do there ..

Waiting for the cows to come home ...

TacoDelRio wrote:Pilot, it's not super steep, typically less than 60 degrees.

Forecast is 80 degrees and full sun exposure; probable rock showers developing by late morning.
Don't forget the helmet, body-armor and sunscreen.
8)
http://www.paradise.caltech.edu/~kfoltz ... it_pan.jpg

#2 Baden Powell Mine Gulch Direct Southeast Face, up to 1200 meters https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/i6/albums/y222/TacoDelRio/Alpine%20Climbing%20Routes/bproutes.jpg Got a nice pic looking over Mine Gulch: https://eispiraten.com/images-archived/photobucket/img/albums/v101/He219/p...

Finally got around to posting a TR at SummitPost:
http://www.summitpost.org/trip-report/3 ... -2008.html

AWESOME Mark!


Ready to snowboard down Jepson Bowl?
Ohhhhh yieeeeeah.

Are you serious? At 6am, I can get to Manker Flats in just over an hour from Irvine by taking the freeways, and thats even stopping off at the donut shop for an Apple Fritter and large coffee. Mmmm … Apple fritter…. Imagine taking the most direct route from Irvine; Jamboree/241/91/71/Euclid/Mtn. ea...

Very nice Mike P!


Some friends of mine used towed sled similar to yours to carry two weeks of provisions each in Danali for their ascent of Mount McKinley.

Really like the Igloo too!

Nice TR M,
sounds like a nice climb.

TacoDelRio wrote: Gotta get one of them red ass-saucers to descend the bowl in.

Might as well squeeze into a barrel and roll down this chute:

Hey Robert! Glad you stopped in ... :D I agree with your guide about keeping crampons up, but one would have to be on one's back and not on one's butt to keep crampons in the air, a difficult and dangerous position to maintain and not a true seated glissade. The rule of thumb while in crampons is th...

Nice Travis, look at the level of detail on this vintage model ...


Same model with original strap for $99

Great pix!!
Time to sport some snow-chains for the pickup.
Ballast on the rear-end helps too!

Please don't try climbing that by yourself Taco!

Great pix and video - I love it. We didn’t have any falling rock but those giant speeding snowballs might sting, or worse. Those speeding snowballs were something else! We dodged a couple of them and small rocks on our way up but also saw a good sized rockslide on snow at the southern end of the bo...

Thanks for all your kind words. I was back at work today and things are healing up nicely. Wow, that looks like a pretty serious injury. Did it bleed much? Surprisingly no bleeding. My doctor later that day told me that upper leg punctures don't usually bleed. When I slipped and rolled over bakwards...

Nice Video Mitch! :D Headed up with simonov bright and early to the Baldy Bowl on Saturday Feb. 9th, 2008. In order to take advantage of the ovenight freeze for our ascent we departed Newport Beach/Costa Mesa at 3AM and launched on the trail by 5 AM. It was perfect, the freeze made the path up solid...

Snowboarding goggles should work, right? Yeah, but they're just the same as ski goggles with some minor styling differences. It doesn't take something fancy, just the right vents and color for varying conditions. The last storm brought quintessential wet pacific coast snow and even the best of gogg...

Nice job McGuyver!

Hope the antibott operation is unaffected.
Let us know how they perform tomorrow ..

http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/5561/2240504841fdcfc3208dld6.jpg Niiice guys! :D Travis, still up for boarding that section you ascended? You wrote it was hardpacked; is it soft enough to carve or was it for Ice-skates? How would you rate the coverage; did you hit lots of rocks in your steps or ...

Travis, I may have an extra deck - but Taco's got first dibs if he gets some practice first. Only thing I don't have is an extra set of bindings; those or an entire setup are easily rented at Sports Chalet or the like. Maybe camp somewhere in the area so we can get multiple runs in????? I contacted ...

Augie wrote:With any luck, we'll be going up a real super Bowl tomorrow!

Weather's predicting possibly a foot of new snow starting late night tonight.
Better bring some goggles.

I'd like to get a SGM group together interested to ski/board down the Bowl.
Finally enough snow. One additional foot predicted for tomorrow.
I say in a week or so. Any takers?

Dudley Heinsbergen wrote:my buddy and i snowboarded from the top of Thunder Mtn down Big Butch Wash to Manker Flats on monday. it was superb.

oooh, niiice.

How deep was the coverage, would it have melted now towards the flats?

We're minutes away from getting blasted by the next system:

Snowshoed up the ski hut trail last night with a friend. It took 5 hours to break trail to the ski hut where we camped for the night. It was 2-3 feet of soft stuff and the clear sky made it possible to do it by moon light. It was awesome! Our return trip was a totally different story. There was a s...