Tuolumne Meadows Trip

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Trip with Dad. Scouted out Cathedral Peak from the John Muir trial on Saturday. Got stranded in Lee Vining on Sunday due to highway 120 being closed (ice and snow).

Mt. Conness

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Kevin and I. We arrived the day before our ascent and set up camp in a high meadow. It got cold at night even with five layers on inside a sleeping bag and tent.

The top ridge scramble was technically easy, but the exposure made it pretty exciting. Definitely a high sierra classic.

Matterhorn Peak

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Grant, Kevin, Chuck, and I headed up the Southeast Slope from Horse Creek Pass route. This turned out to be a long outing for a single day. We camped out at Twin Lakes and took off in the morning. We followed a trail for a ways up into a meadow area that looked really good for camping. Read full post...

From this point, we deviated from the standard trail by cutting sharper to our right over a ridgetop. This made for a more interesting variation to the route, although it most likely did not save us any time.

After summiting, we began the long descent back to our camp. We made it back with the last light of day, 17 hours round trip.

Half Dome

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With Matt, Dustin, Erika, Paula, and Shane. The second half of the trip got interesting when we found out Mullet had been eating only gummy bears the entire day. He bonked hard, and we finished in the dark.

Mt. Dana

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Kevin, Dad, and I spent Saturday night at Sattlebag Lake. Kevin found a log that lasted through the night (and then some). We met Chuck at the trailhead at 7am sharp, and were off to a good (fast) pace. We only saw one other group the entire time we were on the mountain. We made it to the top after only 2 hours 20 minutes, which was much faster than I anticipated. Overall, a great trip.

Mt. Tallac

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With Dad. We decided to turn around due to rapid warming of the snowpack causing surface instability.

Kirkwood Exploration

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I decided to stay closer to Kirkwood (was planning to do Mt. Tallac) due to an incoming storm and the fact that I was solo.

Mt. Rose

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The lesson from this trip: bad planning, preparation, conditioning, and timing add up to failure. Grant, Kevin, and I.

Round Top

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Grant and Justin. Descended just east of the Crescent Moon Couloir (only 40 vertical feet from the summit). Great trip.

Red Lake Peak

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First backcountry snowboarding trip. Grant and I. Perfect conditions going up, great snow going down. Had lasagna on the summit, almost got a third degree burn on my hand cooking it.

Crested Butte

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Seven day trip to Crested Butte, CO with Grant, Chuck, and Mike on March 4-10, 2007.

We stayed in a nice hostel run by an insane lady. Got four good days of riding in and one super fun day of snowmobiling. Favorite area was Spellbound, an extreme limits bowl with steep runs through trees and rocks. Mike came through one night by climbing onto the second story in snow and ice when all four of us locked our keys in the room.

Crested Butte is an true mountain town with the best ski resort I've been to.