We hiked to the summit of Tallac last Saturday. For a report on snow conditions along the trail please see this report:
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We started at the Glen Alpine Springs.
The southwest slope of Tallac started with spotty snow.
The snow eventually covered the entire slope.
Sport was happy to be at the summit in spite of blustery gusts of wind.
Here is a shot looking down the north slope of the mountain. An eagle eye can see Azure is ice free and Upper Velma is still frozen.
Cascade Lake and Emerald Bay.
Wave to her Mom in SLT.
No snow on Heavenly.
Here is the southwest slope on the way down.
Thanks for reading our report!
-Russ
Tallac April 4, 2015
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Tallac April 4, 2015
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Re: Tallac April 4, 2015
I see you brought snowshoes. Did you end up needing to use them?
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Re: Tallac April 4, 2015
Hi Sport/Russ,
Thanks for the wonderful photo's.
Hi Thyssen,
Welcome to HST!
Thanks for the wonderful photo's.
Hi Thyssen,
Welcome to HST!
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I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
I don't give out specific route information, my belief is that it takes away from the whole adventure spirit of a trip, if you need every inch planned out, you'll have to get that from someone else.
Have a safer backcountry experience by using the HST ReConn Form 2.0, named after Larry Conn, a HST member: http://reconn.org
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Re: Tallac April 4, 2015
ThyssenKrupp,
Welcome to HST! I hope you find the information you are looking for.
There was no reason to wear the snowshoes. The snow was very well consolidated and the west slope of Tallac is a pretty mild slope. The snow has melted even more since our climb. We were up on Jacks on Saturday and took this picture of Tallac's west slope...
You can see Half Moon and Gilmore are still frozen. Here is a closer look at Gilmore and the west slope...
I hope this helps! Keep an eye out for our upcoming report on Saturday's climb.
-Russ
Welcome to HST! I hope you find the information you are looking for.
Yes, we did use the snow shoes. We used them as extra weight in our pack to facilitate our training.ThyssenKrupp wrote:I see you brought snowshoes. Did you end up needing to use them?
There was no reason to wear the snowshoes. The snow was very well consolidated and the west slope of Tallac is a pretty mild slope. The snow has melted even more since our climb. We were up on Jacks on Saturday and took this picture of Tallac's west slope...
You can see Half Moon and Gilmore are still frozen. Here is a closer look at Gilmore and the west slope...
I hope this helps! Keep an eye out for our upcoming report on Saturday's climb.
-Russ
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