Mt Tallac 18th Jan '09
Posted: Wed Jan 21, 2009 12:01 am
The plan was to start out from Spring Creek Trailhead, only in Winter, at least this winter spring creek is a Gated Community 
. Luckily there was an empty pull off on 89. this added a mile of walk in to the start of our day.
So skis on and into the woods.
Considering how long it's been since the last snowfall here in Tahoe, I surprised how few tracks there were.
Quite quickly we broke tree cover
As things got steeper we found ourselves ducking back into the woods
The upper mountain
Probably three hours in we headed into the summit bowl
Cresting the summit ridge
And the summit itself
The views were spectacular, but the snow was less than stellar. The upper bowl was firm but ok. Lower down there was some patches of velvet in the trees but interspersed with areas of crust or ice. but with no visible difference. making turning a lottery.
Wider planks would have been more weight to carry up the hill. But I would have appreciated a greater platform on the way down.
The lowest slopes were in fact refrozen nasty crust.
My first real ski peak in the Tahoe basin. It's not the 'Mini Golf' terrain people had described to me. These are real mountains, but......
A grand day out, pity about the snow
. Luckily there was an empty pull off on 89. this added a mile of walk in to the start of our day. So skis on and into the woods.
Considering how long it's been since the last snowfall here in Tahoe, I surprised how few tracks there were.
Quite quickly we broke tree cover
As things got steeper we found ourselves ducking back into the woods
The upper mountain
Probably three hours in we headed into the summit bowl
Cresting the summit ridge
And the summit itself
The views were spectacular, but the snow was less than stellar. The upper bowl was firm but ok. Lower down there was some patches of velvet in the trees but interspersed with areas of crust or ice. but with no visible difference. making turning a lottery.
Wider planks would have been more weight to carry up the hill. But I would have appreciated a greater platform on the way down.
The lowest slopes were in fact refrozen nasty crust.
My first real ski peak in the Tahoe basin. It's not the 'Mini Golf' terrain people had described to me. These are real mountains, but......
A grand day out, pity about the snow