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Mar 21
2009
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Westside WildflowersPosted by dittli in wildflowers, Spring, Sierra |
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The flowers in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada are pretty nice right now.
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Mar 21
2009
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Whitney area skiPosted by dittli in Winter, Trip Reports, Skiing, Sierra |
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We spent the last 12 days of February doing snow surveys for the headwaters of the Kern River. Snow pack was pretty good with 80 to 100% of the yearly water content. We still could use a few good storms in March to bring the entire pack to normal for the year.
Ann Klinefelter at Cottonwood Pass, Golden Trout Wilderness, Inyo National Forest, Sierra Nevada, CA
Ann Klinefelter skiing high on Mt Guyot, Red Spur and the Kaweahs behind, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada, CA
Jim King and Ann Klinefelter skiing on the Bighorn Plateau, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada, CA
Ann Klinefelter skiing near Crabtree Pass, Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Park, Sierra Nevada, CA
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Feb 07
2009
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Sierra Snow SurveyPosted by dittli in Winter, Trip Reports, Skiing |
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I spent the last ten days in the Sierra backcountry measuring snow for the California State cooperative snow surveys. We did courses in Humphreys Basin (Paiute Pass), Dusy Basin (Bishop Pass), Bullfrog Lake (Kearsarge Pass) and Virginia Lakes. The snow, though light this year, skiing was really quite good with adequate coverage.
Ann Klinefelter and Pat Armstrong, de-skining at Kearsarge Pass. A bit of a blustery day but wonderful down skiing. Sequoia Kings Canyon National Park.
Pat Armstrong skiing in Humphreys Basin below Mt Humphreys, John Muir Wilderness, Sierra Nevada
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Jan 18
2009
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Backcountry Skiing in the AlpsPosted by dittli in Winter, Trip Reports, Skiing |
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Well, I can't say that the backcountry skiing in the Sierra has been anything to write about so far this winter. So, lets take a look at skiing the Alps.
Last spring I had the opportunity to ski in the Swiss, Austrian and Italian Alps as a guest of Janine and Dan Patitucci. We did a couple of short trips in the Dolomites, then a week in the Stubaitol and another in the Silveretta.
Typical day. It snowed 17 of 21 days
Italian uptrack, Magerstein
And we stayed in these quaint little huttes (Jamtal Hutte)
Skiing conditions were superb in the Dolomites.
Ok, there was some skiing to be had. Dan below the Piz Buin.
Janine below Piz Linard
Elinore Fish touring in Seeduck
Elinore on the Alpiner Ferner Glacier, Stubaitol, Austria
Schneeglocke, from Wiesbadener Hutte, Silvretta, Austria
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Dec 24
2008
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Sunset on the White Mountains, winter, Inyo National Forest, CA
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Dec 21
2008
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Ice skating the Range of LightPosted by dittli in Winter, Trip Reports, Sierra, ice skating |
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This fall offered a short window for backcountry ice skating, with hot weather thru November, then turning cold as it snowed. Never-the-less, Steve White and I found some nice ice this December in the Glen Pass region of the John Muir Trail.
Steve White ice skating upper Rae Lakes, Kings Canyon National Park, CA
Steve White ice skating on Kearsarge Lake, Kings Canyon Nat'l Park, Sierra Nevada, CA
Steve White below Fin Dome, Rae Lakes, John Muir Trail, Sierra Nevada, CA
Steve White December 2006, ice skating Tulainyo Lake, Sequoia National Park, CA