Wine Spires current conditions beta

[Off_White]

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Originally posted by erik:

AND THERE IS A SECRET SPRING N OF THE BOULDER WITH THE RIVIT IN IT...THOUGH BY THIS TIME IT MAY HAVE STOPPED FLOWING.....

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I'm not going over there, I wanna sleep by the base of the spires, and I'd like to skip the tent if the bugs don't suck (literally). Besides, I think its a copperhead, not a rivet.

 

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AND THE HIKE TO THE COL STILL BLOWS!!!

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Thats what I've always suspected, hence my desire to climb on the west side of the spires.

 

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AND HOW WAS YOUR TRIP TO T-MEADOWS?

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Well, we went to Tahoe, not the Meadows. Mostly scrambling, scoping routes at Echo Lakes (where we stayed), hiking, swimming and an afternoon of easy crack climbing at Donner. Damn that place is great, reminds me how much I really really love granite.

[bobbyperu]

hey off, i know you weren't soliciting any route info but your comment about wanting to climb on the west side, well i hope thats not exclusively, cause man o man are there some fun routes on the east side... and good camp spots and belive it or not dripping water to be found for those willing to sniff around, this time last year bart and i found water below chianti while on a wine spires link-up day, it made a big differnce to find water in the middle, we also had a little stashed at the col that we had melted prior, and that was a blessing before and after burgundy, the hikes not that bad. well worth it. also were gonna be using that topo you sent our way real soon, excited to try that route! we also got the gato negro climb in the same area as yours to do still... sooo much goods! have a blast up there maybe we'll see ya there... bp

[Peter_Puget]

Off - Isn't Echo a wonderful place. Love just hanging there. Hiking swimming and good climbing right from your cabin. I always love scoping short face routes there. Long drive to Donner tho'. Did youclimb at any other areas?

[Cpt.Caveman]

One time I laid a hershey bar in Echo Lakes too when I was living in the area. Dont drink the water

[allthumbs]

So you're the culprit that plugged my filter.

[Cpt.Caveman]

<insert jaws theme>

 

Ok it wasnt hershey it was more like saucy

[Off_White]

Yeah Peter, Echo is pretty cool. Looks like if you want one of those sweet little cabins on the upper lake you've to marry into it. I'm working on my daughter. Donner is a bit of a drive, but we were staying with friends in Truckee that day, so it was a piece of cake.

 

Hey Caveman, aren't you a DL Bliss fan? It was 85 and the sun was so intense you couldn't stand barefoot on the sand the day we were there, so I spent most of the day in the lake, but there's some great bouldering in that park. Fortunately, its been awhile since you were at Echo, and I resisted the urge to drink the lake.

 

Bobby, the east side will be another trip, we're considering Annie Green Springs for Saturday.

[Off_White]

I'm not looking for route info, but was wondering if anyone has been up into the basin below Silver Star and the Spires lately and knows if there is any water up there now, and how have the bugs been?

[erik]

BUGZ OVERALL IN THE AREA ARE DOWN...THOUGH THOSE PESKY LIL FLYS HAVE STARTED THEIR SEASONAL ANNOYANCE......THERE IS A CONSISTANT PATCH OF SNOW ON THE E SIDE OF THE COL....

 

AND THERE IS A SECRET SPRING N OF THE BOULDER WITH THE RIVIT IN IT...THOUGH BY THIS TIME IT MAY HAVE STOPPED FLOWING.....

 

AND THE HIKE TO THE COL STILL BLOWS!!!

 

AND HOW WAS YOUR TRIP TO T-MEADOWS?