Yeah that’s cleaned with Wolman’s deck brightner and lowish pressure wash. That light grey turns quite dark when wet now because no finish. It’ll get sanded then finished soon.
Is that still last years snow, or this years?
I think from this spring (Miracle March). I wondered how that little patch managed to last all summer because it looked like it was getting sun.
Took me a minute to see the "comment!"
@Daniel did you traverse the ridge?
Yes, I started at the Goldminer's Daughter car park and headed up Collins Gulch, then branched off to climb up to the upper lift station of the Wildcat chair. From the kitty I climbed Baldy from the north, then descended to the southeast to Sugarloaf Pass and then climbed Sugarloaf Peak. A descent down to the saddle where the trail from Cecret Lake intersects followed and then I scrambled up the ridge (where feasible - I don't care for thrashing through the vegetation lower down, especially with such big exposure) until arriving at the various high points. I spent time on each of the 3 high points and some of the lesser high points before following the ridgeline above the East Castle ski terrain all the way over to the patrol shack at the Supreme lift. From there I made my way over Point Supreme and down to Catherine's Pass, where I descended all the way to the Albion base, then walked along the transfer tow rope past the Snowpine, Rustler, and Alta Lodges back to the Goldminers. I had planned to continue past Catherine's Pass up to the summit of Wolverine Peak, then follow the ridgeline above the Patsy Marley ski terrain before dropping into Grizzly Gulch and back to LCC road but too many miles on the road bike and mountain bike and too many hours ice skating since my previous long hike caused my legs to say otherwise. Here's a photo from Catherine Pass of Lake Mary (on the left) and Lake Catherine (on the right). Lake Martha is hidden by trees from this vantage point.
Beautiful! Where was this taken? It looks so green to be Tahoe area this time of year. Or maybe it just looks green in that light?
