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Boy Scout Lakes (Feb 2013)

The plan was to try to ski Mountaineers Route on Whitney, but snow coverage was really poor. I was trying to ascend on skins but the packed snow shoe trail was too steep for that and off trail snow was too little or too unconsolidated over scree. So I ended up carrying my skiers most of the time. Above our camp below Iceberg Lake at about 12,000ft I had already given up on skiing and turned around when it became clear that I would just have a day of off and on post-holing. Skiing for only about 500ft elevation difference and carrying skiers for 3 days is not a good ratio. Ich wollte Mountaineers Route an Whitney mit meinen Skiern abfahren, aber es war einfach zu wenig Schnee. Die steile Schneeschuh Spur war zu steil für Felle, und der Schnee daneben war noch zu weich über den Geröllhalden. So hatte ich meine Ski die meiste Zeit am Rücken. Nach unserem Camp auf ca. 3600m hatte ich bereits die Ski zurückgelassen aber drehte bald um als ich dauernd zwischen den Geröllblöcken bis über die Knie in den Schnee einbrach. Eine Abfahrt von nur 150 Höhenmetern für 3 Tage Ski tragen ist keine gute Ausbeute.
Evening Start
Evening Start		 Camp at Lower Boy Scout Lake
Camp at Lower Boy Scout Lake		 Camp at Lower Boy Scout Lake
Camp at Lower Boy Scout Lake		 Camp at Lower Boy Scout Lake
Camp at Lower Boy Scout Lake
Clyde Meadow
Clyde Meadow		 Above Upper Boy Scout Lake
Above Upper Boy Scout Lake		 Camp below Whitney East Face
Camp below Whitney East Face		 In camp
In camp

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