Silver Peak, Tahoe
3/10/2013
Laure, Quarup, Peter
Two splitboarders and one skier.
Awesome day with clear visibility after 10 to 15 inches of new snow from the last storm. Cloud coverage kept temperatures below freezing for about the top two thirds of elevation, which gave us probably the last taste of winter snow before spring comes back in full force. Low avalanche danger with pockets of moderate danger at steep or wind loaded slopes.
We began with our usual late start at 10:45pm, summited at 2:15pm, and got back to car at 5pm. We approached the summit through the northeast ridge, then came back down through the east valley.
This has been the most elevation covered for Laure to date: 2,481 ft total. She took the lead and set the pace for most of the climb, which worked out really well for the group.
We met a few other people including a couple of skiers with a dog named Coda.
We considered skiing down the north east face holding more snow (north of our ascent route) and skin 300 ft back up the ridge. But we took the route that Peter had previously done with Fernando for the sake of safety especially since it was late.
We were happy to find several inches of legitimate powder on the descent.
From the peak back to the car, we had to transition to touring mode twice, although it should be possible to go back only transitioning once. Alternatively, if we had more time, then it would have been worth skinning back up farther after the second transition to ride more powder. In any case, we have some good ideas of things to try in the future.
3/10/2013
Laure, Quarup, Peter
Two splitboarders and one skier.
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| Silver Peak GPS tracks. |
Awesome day with clear visibility after 10 to 15 inches of new snow from the last storm. Cloud coverage kept temperatures below freezing for about the top two thirds of elevation, which gave us probably the last taste of winter snow before spring comes back in full force. Low avalanche danger with pockets of moderate danger at steep or wind loaded slopes.
We began with our usual late start at 10:45pm, summited at 2:15pm, and got back to car at 5pm. We approached the summit through the northeast ridge, then came back down through the east valley.
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| Q and Laure following someone's amazing skin track. |
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| Laure, Q, and Peter near a false peak north of the summit. |
This has been the most elevation covered for Laure to date: 2,481 ft total. She took the lead and set the pace for most of the climb, which worked out really well for the group.
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| Peter boot packing south from the false peak towards the summit. |
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| Final push to Silver Peak. |
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| Laure at the summit. |
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| Twin Peaks with KT22 in the foreground. |
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| Photo sphere view of Silver Peak. We also published it to Google Maps Street View. |
We met a few other people including a couple of skiers with a dog named Coda.
We considered skiing down the north east face holding more snow (north of our ascent route) and skin 300 ft back up the ridge. But we took the route that Peter had previously done with Fernando for the sake of safety especially since it was late.
We were happy to find several inches of legitimate powder on the descent.
Laure rooster tailing down Silver Peak.
Peter on a low angle slope down from the peak.
From the peak back to the car, we had to transition to touring mode twice, although it should be possible to go back only transitioning once. Alternatively, if we had more time, then it would have been worth skinning back up farther after the second transition to ride more powder. In any case, we have some good ideas of things to try in the future.
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| Our tracks were all we left behind. |
