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Twin Peaks on Day 2. The next morning I headed out solo. Got a nice view of Twin Peaks above the shoulder of Snow King and Alpine
Meadows Resort. If this snow keeps up, that central
chute should be setting up nicely. |
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Silver
Peak and Neighbor.
The gap between these two peaks provides access to
upper Pole Creek and Bradley Hut from Shirley Canyon
and the base of Squaw Valley Ski Area. |
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Lake Tahoe & Heavenly. Climbing higher on
the ridge provides nice views to the south over Lake
Tahoe. Heavenly Ski Area and Freel Peak are the
mountains on the horizon.
Also, notice the sweet
line running down and to the right from the small
peaklet in the center of the photo. In the right
conditions (like today!) it provides a killer low
angle powder run down to the Squaw Fire Station. |
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Granite
Chief.
Looking out to Granite Chief at Squaw Valley (Shirley
Canyon below). Again, notice the sweet low angle
pow run in the foreground. At Squaw on the other
side of the valley, thousands of people have tracked
out the powder in an hour. Just on the other
side, this run lies untouched. |
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Needle
Peak & Ridge.
Needle Peak, Lyon Peak and the rest of the North Fork
Ridge towards Royal Gorge. Very remote access,
but that big white face on the right looks tasty... |
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On the
Summit.
The obligatory summit shot on top of Silver Peak. |
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Upper
Pole Creek.
A good view down into
the head of Pole Creek. The pointy peak at
center is Tinker Knob. In the distance at right
is Castle Peak, just above I-80 at Donner Summit. |
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