TRs for the San Gabriel Mountains.
Taco
Snownado survivor
Posts: 6061Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:35 pm
Post by Taco Mon Dec 27, 2010 6:01 pm
Johnny and I set off to do some stuff along ACH early this morning. Turns out, ACH is closed to about a mile east of Vincent Gap. No bueno. We went to Wanker Flat and decided to see if Lightning Couloir was in any sort of shape.
We had plenty of snow for climbing the route, though it had not yet consolidated. We had a few stretches of ice, which made for some fun moves, with the rest being knee deep powder and some consolidated snow and snice.
Pitchers:
Johnny
Time to start swimming
Lightning
Consolidated
Spindrift pouring down all day
Spindrift engulfs Johnny
Powder made for some silliness
Climbing up the start of Safety Dance
O HAI
Upper part of route
Johnny and the route
End
The route
Going down
How did that get there?
Now for ACH to open...
He219
Posts: 386Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:18 pm
Post by He219 Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:01 pm
Nice, guys!
Now for some freshies on Wednesday!!
lilbitmo
Posts: 1092Joined: Tue Mar 04, 2008 9:44 pm
Post by lilbitmo Mon Dec 27, 2010 7:16 pm
Nice work Taco and Johnny - no rock assult either
Season is starting to take shape
obie
Posts: 339Joined: Thu Jan 07, 2010 9:36 pm
Post by obie Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:01 pm
Upper part of route
Arraggh....excellent!
norma r
Posts: 707Joined: Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:22 pm
Post by norma r Mon Dec 27, 2010 8:06 pm
snice is nice! 8)
Taco
Snownado survivor
Posts: 6061Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:35 pm
Post by Taco Tue Dec 28, 2010 8:53 am
Getting there.
Johnny Bronson
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Post by Johnny Bronson Wed Dec 29, 2010 7:12 am
=D
Please ACH open!
Snow level dropping to around 2,000,temps lowering rapidly...Sounds just about that time to freeze some waterfalls haha
(blame photobucket for any screwy pics)
Taco
Snownado survivor
Posts: 6061Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:35 pm
Post by Taco Wed Dec 29, 2010 9:29 am
Note my new high speed headlamp. 8)
Burchey
Posts: 304Joined: Tue Dec 28, 2010 11:28 am
Post by Burchey Wed Dec 29, 2010 12:17 pm
O HAI
There's just something sweet about a stare-off-at-a-random-angle-mouth-open-winter-mountain picture
mve
Posts: 414Joined: Fri Dec 11, 2009 12:53 pm
Post by mve Wed Dec 29, 2010 10:23 pm
Sweet! Nice umbilicals you rigged up there Ryan -- nice job!
GigaMike
Posts: 164Joined: Sun Feb 24, 2008 4:37 pm
Post by GigaMike Wed Dec 29, 2010 11:25 pm
I see ice in them pictures
Taco
Snownado survivor
Posts: 6061Joined: Thu Sep 27, 2007 4:35 pm
Post by Taco Thu Dec 30, 2010 8:02 am
Just a tiny bit, but there will soon be more in the range.
Thanks guys.
MVE, those took a lot of time to make.
