Mount Dade - Sierra Nevada

[Cy Kaicener]

Kathy has some great pictures from Mt Dade in the northern Sierra. Thats an acceptable reason for not being at the get together
http://kathywing.smugmug.com/gallery/87 ... 4895_FFbFG
I think the road head is a little above 10'000 feet

Check out these pictures in Italy
http://teotaglia.com

[KathyW]

Cy: Thanks for checking out my pictures - it was so beautiful out there yesterday, so I just had to check out the photos as soon as I got home. That route up Dade has been on my list for a while, but it has to be timed right to have good conditions in the couloir. The conditions were pretty good in the Hourglass Couloir yesterday - firm snow in the morning that softened up good as the day went on. Pretty soon the couloir will be done for the season as it'll turn into a combination of steep loose sand and scree and hard ice - not something I'd want to deal with in a steep couloir.

Kathy

[bluerail]

beautiful scenery and photos, thanks for sharing. Living in the desert in the summer, it's hard to believe theres that much snow....anywhere.

[magikwalt]

Great photos Kathy! Keep it up. I almost have Jean talked into taking a winter mountaineering course up in the Sierras.

[zippetydude]

Wow! Amazing trip Kathy. Going up at that angle, in the snow, at that elevation must have been tough...you're a monster!

Pic 15 brings back memories for me - I backpacked up to Lake Italy with my dad when I was 16. Long time ago.

Sorry we missed you at the party, but what a great day you had instead!

z

[lilbitmo]

Kathy, nice TR and Pictures

This is one of my favorite views of the world
just like number 4 of your pictures.

I have specific instructions from a close friend that I'm to leave his ashes right where I'm standing taking these pictures, it's his favorit spot in the world as well.

Thanks for sharing.

[tinaballina]

Very nice Kathy, i set one of them as my screen saver. Breath taking.

[FIGHT ON]

Those are nice pictures. Imagine if you had a better camera!

[KathyW]

Thanks everyone for your nice comments.

Walt: There are some good classes out there - do it because there's no better time to enjoy the Sierra than in the spring/early summer once the danger of avalanches subsides and the snow is nicely consolidated.

Zip: Actually, going up the Couloir wasn't bad because the snow was still fairly hard and the snow cups were minimal; so it was just a matter of cramponing up a fairly smooth surface. Later in the day it would have been post-hole hell trying to go up. Above the couloir it was tougher going when I had to cross the snow because it wasn't consolidated.

lilbitmo: That's a really nice pic.

Tinaballina: It is really nice in the Sierra - we're lucky to live close to such a beautiful area.