Tioga Pass Opening
May 3-4, 2014
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It's hard to celebrate when Tioga Pass opens early due to lack of snow
(CA is ~30% of average snowpack), but since we can't change it, might
as well take advantage of it! On Saturday we went rock climbing -
starting with South Crack on Stately Pleasure Dome. We had more ambitious
plans for the afternoon but the high winds made it quite unpleasant to be
up high, so we went over to Daff Dome and did the first pitch of Bombs
over Tokyo... my favorite single pitch in Tuolumne!
On Sunday we went skiing up to False White, near the Saddlebag Lake
trailhead. Nothing exceptional, but fun corn skiing! There is tons to
explore in the area, skiing-wise... another time.
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First pitch of South Crack |
#throughglass |
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South Crack #throughglass |
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Steeper than it looks |
The "no pro" pitch |
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Puffy belay (it was windy!) - Cathedral Peak in the background |
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Half Dome in the background |
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Starting Bombs over Tokyo, first pitch |
What an amazing crack... Bombs over Tokyo |
Curious marmot |
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False White in the background |
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View of Conness from the top of False White |
Cool knife ridge |
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Saddlebag Lake |
Frozen Ellery Lake / looking down to Mono Lake |
Mt Dana on the left |
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