TR (photos): Chicken Little, Rock Creek (CA) - April 26 2005

seki · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 6385 Location: Gone

I'm so glad you left the Bay Area... I enjoy living vicariously through your reports. Simply awesome!

funhog · Posted: Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:53 pm Post subject:

nice run down the narrow chute, you don't get claustrophobic in there do you?
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eastsidetele · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 650 Location: Bishop,Ca.

What blows me away Eric,is the fact that you know the names of everything.Everything.How do you do that?

Nice push brother.

deub · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 1331 Location: bezerkeley, CA

nicely !

Paul Lutes · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 3391

steven hatcher · Joined: 15 Dec 2004 Posts: 2003 Location: Idahome

I would like to second JW's post. You really show your love for that part of the country in your Trip Reports. Fantastic, Eric. Keep them coming!
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thornton · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 1566 Location: over the bars

you go boy! that canyon rocks (and chutes).

Eric O · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 5333 Location: Tahoe City

Thanks all -- and I will keep 'em coming. Wait 'til you see what is still "in the can" from this Monday and Wednesday. Tuesday got posted first, out of order, since it was the easiest sequence.

That pre-sproing shot is like a lost cousin to Matt R's avatar pic. Paul Lutes, you're about right; it was low-40s.

And now I gotta go mount & tune for a bit.

By the way, this is my old camera, the one I stopped carrying for a year because it was too heavy. My latest acquisition, a $20 (used) ski pack, has room for it, and I usually come back with a spare quart of water anyway, so I figured damn the weight and I'll start bringing it again. Now I have a chip in the wide-angle lens so I need to do something about that. It would be tough to give up the wide-angle ability.

Tri-Ungulate · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 12:03 am Post subject:

bigsteve · Joined: 07 Dec 2004 Posts: 506 Location: Alberta Rockies

Thanks, Eric!
Your trip reports have always been an inspiration, both in posting my own, and wanting to visit the Sierras.
I'm thinking now, maybe we should postpone our trip to the SW this fall, wait till next spring, and tack some extra time on to spend skiing in your neck of the woods.
Sure would make for a full vehicle though, adding the ski stuff to the bikes, camping gear etc.
Looking forward to the next one.

Eric O · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 5333 Location: Tahoe City

I went back today and skied the line that splits the Ruby Wall! I won't have time to show and tell for a day or two. It was CRAZY!

Mitch · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:53 am Post subject:

Nice one Eric!

Let's get together this weekend, I'll give you a call.... coming into town tomorrow.

Eric O · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 5333 Location: Tahoe City

... and I'm not talking about the nice run from that notch at right! I mean the long one just left of center, super skinny, and you can just barely see that it has a rock & ice section about 200 feet above the skirt.

Mitch: cool, I'll look forward to seeing you. Sorry I can't get out on the weekends.

Dave and BCrider, sorry I forgot to answer earlier: you can drive to the pack station, so that's about one mile before the Mosquito Flats trailhead. The current dead-end parking is directly below excellent chutes on Pointless Peak. Incredibly accessible, fun terrain.

David · Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:47 am Post subject:

Eric O · Joined: 06 Dec 2004 Posts: 5333 Location: Tahoe City

Here's a teaser until I can get the next TR up. This is partway down that Ruby Wall.

steep as hell, and deep corn!! Very Happy