Winter ‘22/‘23 Tahquitz Ice Report?

George Haydukewrote:

Anyone have eyes on? 

Today

This morning, couple of more inches snow last night.

About 14-15” in town through Friday, then about an inch of rain Friday night, turned back into snow before noon on Saturday…another 7-8” since then. CHP has chain requirements in place now.

Not really the 4-5’ snowmageddon the media has been shrieking about (not here in Idy, anyway), but still a very nice snow event.

Pretty big avalanche on the North Face. Everywhere’s looking pretty scary right now. On the bright side, Snow Creek will be good, which is a big difference from last year

Nice pic! Who caught that?

apogeewrote:

Nice pic! Who caught that?

Not sure. It’s been making its way around social media. Pretty sure it happened sometime yesterday 

Looks like it was taken maybe at the rest stop on I-10, or maybe over at Whitewater. Whoever got that pic was incredibly lucky!

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Is there road access to Humber Park? You think Lily Rock North gulley is skiable?

Another foot last night, and the forecast is for another foot today. There should be good serac climbing below the Tahquitz Icefall very soon…

Approach to the Trough

From today 

apogeewrote:

Another foot last night, and the forecast is for another foot today. There should be good serac climbing below the Tahquitz Icefall very soon…

Approach to the Trough

As the official Humber Park gate keeper, I can say the gate is locked. No time frame on opening. We have never seen the glacier advance this much, ever...

x15x15wrote:

As the official Humber Park gate keeper, I can say the gate is locked. No time frame on opening. We have never seen the glacier advance this much, ever...

All highways are closed too. It really is locals only right now..

It's about frickin' time they closed the highways- it's been a shitshow in town, and the highways have been filled with idjuts. Up until now, for some odd reason, there have been lots of closures over at Big Bear, but nothing over here. WTF?

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Equally as annoying and laughable are the idjuts in their shiny monster 4x4 trucks with spinner rims- they are the first ones to get stuck somewhere after they slid off the highway…

I hate being on the hill when the idjuts show up to put snow on the roof of their tricked out Honda Civics

x15x15wrote:

I hate being on the hill when the idjuts show up to put snow on the roof of their tricked out Honda Civics

Saw a car get high centered on a pile of snow in the middle of the road a few days ago and block the road going into town. Also saw Prius’s charging up the 243 with no chains on. And the millions of snow players.. 

Hoping to go up Friday to catch the conditions. How’s it looking up there actually? Temperatures seem good and I’d like to see if the trough will come in.

Ross Goldbergwrote:

Hoping to go up Friday to catch the conditions. How’s it looking up there actually? Temperatures seem good and I’d like to see if the trough will come in.

Socked in, even if stuff is climbable there won’t be any parking. Even if you think you’re legally parked you will probably be towed.

It's a splitter day- the first in what seems like eternity. Temps are up in the 40's, and the west facing Trough is prolly getting lots of direct sun. If there's ice up there, it won't last long- forecast is clear, with warming temps. And yes, Humber Park is closed- parking anywhere in Fern Valley is going to tough, and can easily result in ticketing/towing.

apogeewrote:

It's about frickin' time they closed the highways- it's been a shitshow in town, and the highways have been filled with idjuts. Up until now, for some odd reason, there have been lots of closures over at Big Bear, but nothing over here. WTF?

So according to this logic the state highway and the state plows exist only to serve locals who chose to live in a place with issues sometimes.

I propose that all the beach cities close to anyone who doesn't live there.

"So according to this logic the state highway and the state plows exist only to serve locals who chose to live in a place with issues sometimes."

Your logic, not mine. It's quite possible to visit a town and be cognizant of conditions and hazards, and be respectful of those who live in the area. Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to happen too much of the time.