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Directions to Lee Vining Ice.

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Wolfgang Nurgen · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2015 · Points: 0

Hi all! Me and my girlfriend are visiting from Sweden. We are in California now and looking to climb some ice. What are the directions to Lee Vining ice? Is there any ice near lake Tahoe?
please post pictures.

climbing coastie · · Wasilla, AK · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 95

Check out the Northern California section. It's got pictures of both Lee Vining and Tahoe ice.

Benjamin Chapman · · Small Town, USA · Joined Jan 2007 · Points: 18,963

Yeah...the Northern CA/Sierra Eastside section has pictures, but the directions are pretty vague beyond turning west on Hwy 120 from 395 and suggesting to use Mapquest.
Wolfgang...your best bet would be to call Wilson's Eastside Sports (now Eastside Sports) (760) 873-7520 or Kurt Wedberg at Sierra Mountaineering International (760) 872-4929 in Bishop and ask for specific directions.

climbing coastie · · Wasilla, AK · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 95

Sorry about that. I didn't realize the directions weren't in that section.

Check out:
iceclimb.com/CA_area.data

It has directions to Lee Vining and other California ice options.

climbing coastie · · Wasilla, AK · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 95

Some of the best (most consistent) Tahoe ice areas consist of Coldstream Canyon, Eagle Lakes/Emerald Bay, and Kirkwood.

Trad Princess · · Not That Into Climbing · Joined Jan 2012 · Points: 1,175

Hey trollenor!

Nobody gave you any love on your supertopo thread for lee vining?

Weird!

FrankPS · · Atascadero, CA · Joined Nov 2009 · Points: 276

Look at "Wolfgang's" profile. I don't think I've seen those big red letters before,

climbing coastie · · Wasilla, AK · Joined Feb 2011 · Points: 95

Well feel like a fool.

Trad Princess · · Not That Into Climbing · Joined Jan 2012 · Points: 1,175

It's pretty unbelievable - starting threads on multiple forums to ask the equivalent of "can you tell me what time it is?" while standing in a clock store. A two second Google search would suffice.

supertopo.com/climbers-foru…

Here's another gem by our favorite mental patient

supertopo.com/climbing/thre…

Topher42 · · Unknown Hometown · Joined Nov 2010 · Points: 50

I'm really glad that MP regulates this I hate supertopo because of all the shit talking.

Guideline #1: Don't be a jerk.

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