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I believe there was a work detail repairing the roof on the ski hut.

Thanks. Corrected, I hope.

It's not in the same league as some of the others that have been posted, but I think this audience will appreciate one from the early days of digital photography:


http://www.flickr.com/photos/32913488@N ... 953004326/

I'm not looking at you!

But I must say that I have the utmost respect for Ian and his talent.
I chose his avatar because I named my bicycle after his steed in LOTR.

At the risk of being redundant, I'm not looking at you. You're so vain......

Not wanting to give you too much beta, my limited experience (1st solo winter trip in CA) was that the route to the Jumpoff is quite rotten & therefore scary in places....(I missed the turnoff to Vivian Creek and went exploring.) I recall being miserable, probably because I packed in both shoes ...

Sastrucuptentes says it all. Nice meeting ya!

Thanks for the forum, Travis. We are grateful.

Best wishes in your new pursuits.
Enjoy your Gortex!

Nice! Wish I still had my old Tuas....

The N side was pretty crusty last w/e, btw. We considered round tripping it, but the corn was just perfect in the bowl....

FWIW, I've experienced sudden whiteout conditions at several locations/elevations on the mountain -- and on more than a few occasions.

Looks like you had yerself quite a nice loop trip.

Happy holidays! Thanks for all your work on the site.....

Looks like the coverage was the best so far this season in the bowl.
Unfortunately, I wasn't playing there today...

Safe and happy tidings to you all.
Happy and healthy holidays!

http://www.flickr.com/gp/32913488@N00/894K80

You came clean fast! :lol: I think you have a good grasp of some of the challenges of winter day hiking. I experienced some of what you did when I took a "snow-newbie" with me to San Gorgonio's Dry Lake on Sat. He had a blast, btw. Hadn't been there since 6th grade. A totally different exp...

I was on the other side of the Mt.

Here's what it looked like:
http://www.flickr.com/gp/32913488@N00/n69FyV

Some kind of alternative head warmer!

Hi, y'all.

Anyone got any good beta on snow conditions?

Nice one, TDR. Glad you picked up the gauntlet! I was also surprised that there wasn't an SP page about it previously.

Well, congratulations, Rick.

You were definitely a camel in a prior life!

Looks quite interesting. Nevertheless, to avoid an epic....be prepared!
Motto of the boy scouts.....

Hey, Rob,

Thanks for enlightening us!

Thought I saw a sign near the Idyllwild ranger station saying something akin to this -- which I found on a Dogpile search: "This Historical Marker is located in a residential area near Idyllwild, CA., commemorating the Speed of Light experiment." Maybe it's semantics. Part on Mt Wilson, pa...

I was under the impression that the experiment was conducted from Idyllwild....

Rob,

Thanks for posting your candid eval of the conitions. Glad this isn't turning into yet another testosterone forum!

As a comparison -- and more realistic IMHO for mere mortals -- is the formula by Paul Richins used in his book "50 Classic Backcountry Ski and Snowboard Summits": Time in hours = (distance hiked in miles/2 MPH) + (elevation gain in feet/1000 feet per hour). Note that this formula "ass...

There is a summit register now in a tin can under a rock cluster near the SE highpoint.

If there really is no GS marker, guess we'll just have to demand the resignation of the Secretary of the Interior!

I was up there on Sun. but couldn't locate the Geological Service's summit marker. Can anyone tell me were it might be, please?