![]() Don’t let that dissuade you though, the entire traverse That we were not going to make it across the entire ridge. By the time this was done it was pretty clear There we set up a short fixed line to navigateĪ large mantle with a snowy base. Several class 4 or easy 5th options exist on the left side to get to the notch. The base of the buttress: Base of Eagle Lake Buttress. Jacks, Dicks and the minor peaks of the Crystal Range. Looking into Desolation Wilderness: Looking deeper into Desolation Wilderness. ![]() Fortunately it avoided my teethīy a few inches, and I only had to cope with a bruised but unbroken rib. The day on the approach, when my foot collapsed through some snow over talusĪnd I fell forward onto another sharp boulder. The way up to the base of the buttress is straight-forward, and a snowy whiteĭesolation Wilderness envelopes you the whole time. Approach gullies from Eagle Lake: Gullies to gain the ridge from Eagle Lake. There it is some short talus hopping to the base of the buttress. The two snow-covered ramps on the left, and we took the steeper one. In hindsight, I also wish I had left the crampons behind. Things is a blessing when you are struggling with mountaineering boots. The route is mostly class 4-5 rock and not having those ungainly Unfortunately the snow was much warmer so that getting up the gullies wasĪ reasonable amount of postholing. Eagle Lake Buttress: ELB seen from Eagle Lakes Trailhead. I’ve found on this is very recent, so I was hoping to have similarĬonditions. Group to try an Eagle Lake Buttress traverse. Monday morning I caught up with the rest of the Sierra Mountaineering Club I spent some time at the lake that evening after all the weekend tourists hadīefore being chased off by some ladybug-like insects (shudder). Threw the remaining away because I couldn’t take it any more. More of it for dinner, a couple more slices for lunch the next day and finally Blue Dog Pizza has great food, especially when they make a mistake on On Sunday I kept my head down and worked a lot so I could have more fun on Lake Tahoe from the NE shore: The lake was beautiful on Saturday. Another skiing friend showed up in the eveningĪfter having done a stupendous 52000ft at Heavenly! We hogged our way throughīaja Fresh and their mango salsa. ![]() Pullouts on their side of the lake, so that you can walk down to the variousĬoves along the North Shore. The bottom half was great though! The short run on the way to the car.: The short run to get to the car after skiing the Hourglass Bowl.įrom here I headed to Mellow Mountain Hostel. This wasĪ steeper ski down and I took a few tumbles. Then we went up another ridge to take the shortest way to the car. Skiing down Tamarack: Author skiing down the hourglass. I have not yet figured out how toĭo the slight hopping required to ski in powder. Least 7 other skiers while we were up there.įrom here we skied down the Hourglass Bowl. There was plenty of company on Tamarack that day, the five in our group, and at If anything, this view is even more spectacularīecause the tallest and most snow-covered mountains are now framing the lake. We went up the ridge to the summit for incredible views! I haven’t seen much I managed to fallĪ couple of times on the icy parts of the skin-track, until I learned to trust Snow conditions were good and the way up was well tracked. Thanks to Marusa for guiding us on this half-day tour, it was a lot of fun! This time it was anĮven longer drive to Nevada, to get some beginner backcountry skiing experience Another saturday, another early morning drive to Tahoe.
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