Current Conditions for Mt Lyell?
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Rockyroad
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Current Conditions for Mt Lyell?
Has anyone been up around Mt Lyell lately? I have a wilderness permit for next Friday and had planned on heading up the mountain that weekend. I'm wondering how the snow condition on the approach will be. I've seen recent photos of waist-deep powder in other areas of the Sierra so am wondering if I should also bring along my snowshoes. I'll have crampons and ice ax for closer to the mountain. Any predictions on whether this week's rain will melt most of the powder? Will there be too many deep suncups for the snow shoes? Thanks in advance.
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maverick
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Re: Current Conditions for Mt Lyell?
In the vicinity, this is the most recent: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=12810&p=96102&hili ... ass#p96102
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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
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Rockyroad
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Re: Current Conditions for Mt Lyell?
Thanks Maverick. That's the post that got me thinking of bringing snowshoes.
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maverick
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Re: Current Conditions for Mt Lyell?
Call the wilderness office at Tuolumne next week, they will have some up to date info.
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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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