Temple Crag condition inquiry

Hey guys! Any info on the snow conditions in the area or around Conness?

Daniel Hegler wrote:Hey guys! Any info on the snow conditions in the area or around Conness?

Since I was driving through this morning, here are a few Tuolumne pics.

For Jon:

Thanks for the continued updates. They are very helpful.

Kent Richards wrote:Thanks for the continued updates. They are very helpful.

RJNakata wrote: Ditto.

NOAA reports major lightning storms this weekend in the Sierras. I guess my trip is postponed. Meh. Thank you so so much for the beautiful pictures and continued updates Fossana

Photo out of S Lake from Hurd looking south. You can see the top of the N Buttress on Goode on the left side of the pic. Still lingering snow on northern aspects and and shadier features. Hoping for more stable weather next weekend around Bishop.

Some pano action looking south toward Mt. Bradley and University Peak from Independence Peak on 6/14.

thanks, Ryan!

Awesome photo Ryan! It looks about ready to climb.

Well, no My Favorite Things for awhile I guess. Thank God there was a lighting storm this weekend because I would have been right in the middle of the rockfall. Sheeze

Jon Hartmann wrote:Well, no My Favorite Things for awhile I guess...

Approach is not bad. We did Venusian and did the low/chimney start to cross less snow. Worst part was the descent gully after the raps, a lot of run-off causing mini-rock slides in the scree and very loose dirt, with a short, but not difficult section of crossing snow.

Paisley Close wrote:Approach is not bad. We did Venusian and did the low/chimney start to cross less snow. Worst part was the descent gully after the raps, a lot of run-off causing mini-rock slides in the scree and very loose dirt, with a short, but not difficult section of crossing snow.

For those interested in Temple adding that the log crossing below Third Lake is passable.

Jon H, on the Temple descent I ran into some guys who did Dark Star today. Conditions are good.