http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/ Sierra Scrambles - Peakbagging in the Si Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:51:23 GMT Karl http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5565 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5565 I was surprised how little snow there was; November 6th, Liberty Cap and Mount Starr King November 7th, Tuolomne Meadows to Fletcher Peak November 8th, Lake Thu, 29 Oct 2009 02:56:46 GMT JimR http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5564 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5564 Amazing scenery, and quite the adventure - glad you weren't injured on your swift tour of the Sierra! Thanks for sharing the great scenery, since you'll Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:31:29 GMT lpantilat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5563 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5563 Here is a Trip Report of an adventure run of the Rae Lakes loop I did in on October 24th. Video, photos, splits at the following link give some indication of Sun, 04 Oct 2009 22:51:41 GMT Bob Burd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5562 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5562 Yes, Florence is very prominent in the area, particularly as I was walking north down the Triple Peak Fork. There's a 1,000-foot drop to reach the Lyell Fork, Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:18:36 GMT Paul http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5561 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5561 I wanted to tell you how much I love your photo of the upper Lyell Fork of the Merced from the crest of Ansel Adams. It's brought back memories dormant for a Tue, 29 Sep 2009 19:07:39 GMT lpantilat http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5560 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5560 Stanford Loop: http://cascadeclimbers.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/910976/TR_Stanford_Loop_Adventure_Run#Post910976 Middle Palisade: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:02:44 GMT jfedak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5559 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5559 Devil's Peak and Snow Mountain Devils was some fun class 3. Snow was fairly uninteresting (and it rained on me during the Devil/Snow traverse) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:32:28 GMT Bob Burd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5558 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5558 I had a nice outing to Ansel Adams as planned last Thursday, taking about 18.5hrs for the outing, a bit longer than I'd hoped. Turns out I didn't find the Wed, 23 Sep 2009 15:29:37 GMT Tom http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5557 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5557 I'm planning on doing a day-hike of Cloudripper on Friday, Oct 2nd if anybody is interested in keeping me company. Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:46:45 GMT Bob Burd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5556 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5556 I'm thinking of heading to Mt. Ansel Adams on the SE border of Yosemite next Thur, if anyone is interested in joining. I think it is about 40mi/10,000ft of Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:46:52 GMT Peter Hawkins http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5555 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5555 Hi... On Sunday, while Bob was "enjoying" Picket Guard, I climbed the NE face of Middle Palisade with a couple of friends. After receiving a Saturday afternoon Mon, 14 Sep 2009 19:49:16 GMT snwburd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5554 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5554 If you know where Picket Guard is you probably qualify as a Sierra peak junkie. It may be the most remote peak on the SPS list, and one of the more obscure Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:01:29 GMT jimr_pdx http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5553 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5553 ... Thanks for the flashback! That was most entertaining, my wife's first trip into Yosemite's "gentle wilderness" and everything's going white. Oh well, we Tue, 08 Sep 2009 15:20:38 GMT snwburd http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5552 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5552 ... I don't understand. What's not to love? Tue, 08 Sep 2009 03:37:57 GMT jfedak http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5551 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/sierrascrambles/message/5551 Didn't get as much hiking done in August as I had planned. Took a trip back home to Pittsburgh, caught a chest cold mid-month, and got offered a Whitney Permit