It had been a bad season and there wasn't much snow up there. But the weather was perfect and we had fun skinning up a convoluted, 4-hour climb.
We saw lots of cool looking rocks.
As we approached the summit, the snow was melting in the sun and freezing in the shadows and caking up all over our climbing skins.
But soon enough we were on the summit.
Gun Notch has panaramic view of the whole South Lake Tahoe area.
The whole Desolation Wilderness in one frame!
Mt. Tallac.
Job's Peak and Waterhouse.
The Nebelhorn and a Devil's horns.
Freel.
And across the lake, Mt. Rose without many snows.
The ride down, in 0-24" of slushy sugar snow mixed with rocks and stumps, took almost as long as the climb.
But it was still great fun. Special thanks to Buffy for guiding us all day!!
